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On the distribution of the injury severity during radiation accidents and the human ability to ignore radiation risk

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The paper is devoted to nuclear reactor accidents, radiation injuries during accidents, and the so-called “human factor”. The balance equation of dose characteristics in the human body and environment is presented. It is attempted to quantitatively estimate the relative variability of the human ability to ignore radiation risk.

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  1. Institute for Nuclear Research, Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. 60-letiya Octyabrya 7a, Moscow, 117312, Russia

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Original Russian Text © B. A. Benetskii, 2012, published in Kratkie Soobshcheniya po Fizike, 2012, Vol. 39, No. 1, pp. 34–42.

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Benetskii, B.A. On the distribution of the injury severity during radiation accidents and the human ability to ignore radiation risk. Bull. Lebedev Phys. Inst. 39, 21–25 (2012). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068335612010058

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