Environmental Protection Against Radioactive Pollution Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Environmental Protection Against Radioactive Pollution Almati, Kazakhstan 16–19 September 2002

NATO Advanced Research Workshop "Environmental Protection Against Radioactive Pollution" was held in Almaty on September 16-19, 2002. Experts from Azerbaijan, Denmark, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Norway, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Ukraine, USA, Uzbekistan and the IAEA have participated and made presentations. The Workshop was organized parallel to the “2nd Eurasia Conference on Nuclear Science and its Application” held in Almaty on September 16-19, 2002 that was organized by Institute of Nuclear Physics of Kazakhstan with Turkish Atomic Energy Authority and National Academy of Science of Azerbaijan, National Academy of Science of Kyrgyzstan, Institute of Nuclear Physics of Uzbekistan. So, the number of participants for the Workshop was rather high. The NATO Advanced Research Workshop generated important interactions and provided a mechanism for scientists of different nations and of varied disciplines to discuss challenges that confront many countries around the world. The reports presented at the Workshop were published in this NATO Science Series. The main directions of the presented reports were as follows; General estimation of the radioactive contamination of the territories and radiation hazardous objects, including former military test sites, areas influenced due to Chernobly and Mayak accidents, and territories of oil fields; Techniques and procedures of radioecological monitoring; Techniques of determination of radionuclide concentrations and its species in the environment.

Radioecological Concepts and Their Application for the Assessment of the Present Internal Dose for People Living on the STS.- Radioactivity in Kazakhstan. Cases and consequences.- Radioactivity monitoring of the Turkish Black Sea coast as a part of the IAEA model project “Marine environmental assessment of the Black Sea region” and Nuclear techniques for the environmental management of water resources in Turkey.- Environmental impact of nuclear industry and power generation in the Russian Federation: assessment of contribution to general ecological damage.- Radio-ecological situation in river basins of Central Asia Syrdarya and Amudarya according to the results of the project “NAVRUZ”.- Lessons of elimination of Chornobyl accident consequences in agriculture of Ukraine.- Problems of radioecology in Azerbaijan.- Ecological risk in territory uranium tailing of Kyrgyzstan.- Distribution of radioactivity on landscapes of Absheron peninsula.- On the assessment of environmental effect of BN-350 reactor facility over operating period.- Mechanisms of formation of radionuclide contamination at the oil fields of Azerbaijan.- Influence of the LIRA facilities on the radiation conditions of the adjacent territories: results of the four-year monitoring.- Effects of Chernobyl Accident on Turkey.- Prognosis of directions of technogene radionuclides spacious migration at the territory of Semipalatinsk Test Site and beyond it (short communication).- Radionuclide contamination of Karaganda oblast territory within the Semipalatinsk Test Site (short communication).- The concentration of radionuclides in several Foodstuff (short communication).- Radionuclides in underground waters of the Karazhyra coal deposit (Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site) (short communication).- Radionuclides inthe environment of the Chatkal National Park (short communication).- On the possibility of transfer and redistribution of radionuclides by locusts in Kazakhstan (short communication).- Inventarization of plutonium and americium in neighbourhoods of the “Opytnoe Pole”, the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site (SNTS).- Evalution of environmental and health consequences of depleted uranium armor use in Yugoslavia.- Low level radioactivity measurements of 238U, 232Th, 40K and 137Cs in the environmental and industrial samples By high resolution gamma-ray spectrometry.- Radiochemical problems of underground nuclear explosions kv rock salt (short communication).- Biogeochemistry of uranium and selenium - regional problem of ecology (short communication).- Use of 152Eu as a tracer for identifying fallout in the altai region from nuclear explosions at the Semipalatinsk test site: would it work at present?.- Radiochemical determination of long-lived radionuclides in environmental samples.- Radiochemical procedures for speciation of actinides in the environment. Methodology and data obtained in contaminated regions of Russia by radionuclides.- Evaluation of determined uranium concentrations of natural waters in Manisa-Demirci region using laser fluorimetric uranium analyser.- Neutron activation analysis of large samples of environmental and biological origin.- Use of accelerated beams for radio-ecological researches and combating with illicit trafficking of Strategical materials.- Measurement of radium-226 in ground and drinking water by the electrodeposition technique.- The results of cytogenetic studies of Semipalatinsk`region inhabitants: retrospective analysis (short communication).- Experimental study of EPR in q- band capabilities for tooth enamel dosimetry on intact dens.-Dose assessment around Yenikoy coal-fired power plant due to measured gross alpha radioactivity levels in flying ash of the plant.- Biological dosimetry and applications in Turkey.- Methodology for establishment of the radiation control system at the Karachaganak Oil Gas-condensate Field.- Environment Radioactivity and Ongoing Surveilance Programme in Turkey.- Drip irrigation and fertigation of potato under light-textured soils of Cappadocia region.- Nitrogen and water regime effects on corn yields determined by N-15 methodology.- Radiation pollution impact on development of vegetation of Semipalatinsk Test Sites (short communication).- Environmental Radioactivity In Soil Samples From Agricultural Lands.- List of Authors.