AN CHRONIC RADIATION BE RADIOPROTECTIVE FOR PLANT SUBJECTS EXPOSED TO THE INHIBITING ACTION OF ACUTE GAMMA RADIATION?

Abstract

The main radiobiological problems in the example of the Chernobyl accident are considered. It is pointed out that nowadays there is a paradoxical inconsistency between the relevance of radiobiological problems in the post-Chernobyl period and “low doses” of efforts that are made by radiobiologists to solve them. It is substantiated that at this stage of the development of the post-accident situation the existing experimental facts and theoretical provisions of radiobiology are quite sufficient to explain radiobiological and radioecological phenomena. Special attention is paid to the problem of “low” doses of ionizing radiation. The existence of “hot” particles of biological origin is experimentally proved. Special attention is paid to the inter-granular reactions of biological systems to irradiation in the example of gigantism of tree needles in the zone of the Chernobyl accident influence. The data on rating assessment of the degree of urgency of radioecology problems are presented. The role of radiophobia in psychosomatic diseases of the population in the zone of strict radiation control is considered.