Did Chernobyl affect Poland?

When radiation from the ruined reactor at Chernobyl swept across Poland last month, the Polish government quickly established itself as the most candid of Moscow’s allies in talking about history’s worst nuclear accident.

How much radiation did Poland get from Chernobyl?

In Poland the mean effective equivalent dose resulting from Chernobyl accident was 932 microSv and is close to the limited dose permitted in Poland, equalling 1 mSv/year.

What was the response to the Chernobyl disaster?

Soviet authorities started evacuating people from the area around Chernobyl within 36 hours of the accident. In 1986, 115,000 people were evacuated. The government subsequently resettled another 220,000 people.

Is there radiation in Poland?

The average annual effective dose in Poland equals 2.48 mSv from natural sources (GUS 2007). 54.9\% of the background dose is derived from the radioactive gas radon, 18.6\% from gamma rays and 26.5\% from other origins (e.g. cosmic rays and in-body radionuclides) (GUS 2007).

Did Chernobyl cause thyroid problems?

The most important radiological consequence of the accident was exposure to 131I, which led to an increase in the rate of thyroid cancer and other thyroid diseases in the exposed population.

When did Poland find out about Chernobyl?

It was 28th April 1986, early morning in Poland. The radiation monitoring station in Mikołajki, Mazury area (north-eastern region of Poland) showed that the radioactivity in the air was 550,000 times higher than the day before. The radioactive cloud from Chernobyl had travelled to Poland.

What people had to drink after Chernobyl?

After Chernobyl, radioactive iodine floated through the air, landing on the grass, which was eaten by cows, and the iodine transferred into that milk. The people drinking that milk ended up with radioactive iodine concentrated in their thyroids, Cobb explains. So Where Do The Iodine Pills Come In?