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Some lessons from Chernobyl

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The reasons for discrepancies in the results of dosimetric measurements with instruments of different types in the Chernobyl zone and the effect of contaminant beta-emitters on the readings of dosimeters for gamma and x-ray radiation are discussed.

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  1. Doza Scientific-Manufacturing Enterprise, Mendeleevo, Russia

    K. N. Nurlybaev

  2. All-Russia Research Institute of Physicotechnical and Radio Measurements (VNIIFTRI), Mendeleevo, Russia

    P. F. Maslyaev

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Translated from Izmeritel’naya Tekhnika, No. 4, pp. 5–8, April, 2011.

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Nurlybaev, K.N., Maslyaev, P.F. Some lessons from Chernobyl. Meas Tech 54, 365–369 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11018-011-9734-8

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