References
Hao, W.M., O.O. Bondarenko, S. Zibtsev, and D. Hutton. 2009. Vegetation fires, smoke emissions, and dispersion of radionuclides in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. In: S. V. Krupa, editor: Developments in Environmental Science, Vol 8, Wild Land Fires and Air Pollution, Andrzej Bytnerowicz, Michael J. Arbaugh, Allen R. Riebau and Christian Andersen. The Netherlands: Elsevier, pp. 265–275.
Hohl, Aaron, Andrew Niccolai, Chad Oliver, Dmytro Melnychuk, Sergiy Zibtsev, Johann Georg Goldammer, Volodymyr Gulidov. 2011. The Human Health Effects of Radioactive Smoke from a Catastrophic Wildfire in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone: A Worst Case Scenario. Earth Bioresources and Quality of Life. Vol. 1, pg. 1. http://gchera-ejournal.nubip.edu.ua/index.php/ebql/article/view/24 (Chernobyl Wildfire Worst Case Scenario Analysis_Earth Biores El Jrnl 2011)
Johnson, M.C., D.L.Peterson, and C.L. Raymond. 2007. Managing forest structure and fire hazard—a tool for planners. Journal of Forestry; Mar. 105, 2: 77-83.
Kashparov, V. A., Lundin, S. M., Kadygrib, A. M., Protsak, V. P., Levtchuk, S. E., Yoschenko, V. I., et al. (2000). Forest fires in the territory contaminated as a result of the Chernobyl accident: radioactive aerosol resuspension and exposure of fire-fighters. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 51(3), 281-298.
Kashparov, V. A., Lundin, S. M., Zvarych, S. I., Yoshchenko, V. I., Levchuk, S. E., Khomutinin, Y. V., et al. (2003). Territory contamination with the radionuclides representing the fuel component of Chernobyl fallout. Science of the Total Environment, 317(1-3), 105-119.
Yoschenko, V. I., Kashparov, V. A., Levchuk, S. E., Glukhovskiy, A. S., Khomutinin, Y. V., Protsak, V. P., et al. (2006a). Resuspension and redistribution of radionuclides during grassland and forest fires in the Chernobyl exclusion zone: part II. Modeling the transport process. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 87(3), 260-278.
Yoschenko, V. I., Kashparov, V. A., Protsak, V. P., Lundin, S. M., Levchuk, S. E., Kadygrib, A. M., et al. (2006b). Resuspension and redistribution of radionuclides during grassland and forest fires in the Chernobyl exclusion zone: part I. Fire experiments. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity,86(2), 143-163.
Zibtsev, S., C. D. Oliver, J. G. Goldammer, A. Hohl, J. McCarter, A. Niccolai, M. Petrenko, and O. Borsuk. 2011. Wildfires Risk Reduction From Forests Contaminated by Radionuclides: A Case Study of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Exclusion Zone, The 5th International Wildland Fire Conference, Sun City, South Africa , 9–13 May 2011. (Zibtsev Oliver GoldammerWildfire2011_paper)
Other pertinent websites:
United Nations Global Fire Monitoring Center, Freiburg University, www.fire.uni-freiburg.de ;
Regional Eastern European Fire Monitoring Center http://nubip.edu.ua/en/reefmc
Chernobyl Research Initiative, University of South Carolina http://cricket.biol.sc.edu/chernobyl/Chernobyl_Research_Initiative/Summary.html
Professor Jim Smith, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Portsmouth. http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/experts-see-few-health-risks-from-fires-near-chorn-78070.html
United Nations Activities:
November 20: UN Resolution: “Resolution adopted by the General Assembly” 62/9: Strengthening of international cooperation and coordination of efforts to study, mitigate, and minimize the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster (UN_Resolution_Cherobyl_18_Dec_2007)
November 21, 2008– “UN Action Plan on Chernobyl to 2016: Final Version” (2008. UN_Chornobyl_action_plan_final_nov08_01)
May 10, 2011: Message of the UN Secretary-General to the Fifth International Wildland Fire Conference, Sun City, South Africa. (UN_message_at_S_A_fireconference10_May_2011)
Other:
September 22-23, 2008: “Public authorities and civil society together for a safe European nuclear future.” (Sponsored by the Council of Europe.)
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