Creation of the repository database for the archival documents on the issues of overcoming the consequences of the radiation accident at the “Mayak” Chemical Plant in 1957
https://doi.org/10.28995/2658-6541-2023-5-1-147-167
Abstract
The article presents the results of the exploratory study of the documents connected with the issues of overcoming the consequences of the 1957 radiation accident at the “Mayak” Production Association and the discharge of the radioactive waste into the Techa River from 1949 to 1956, these records are kept in the funds of the State Archives of the Ural region. The objective of the research is to analyze the specific measures taken to form and develop a radiation safety system in the Ural region. The paper describes the structure of the created repository database containing the related documents of the executive authorities of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation and the CPSU bodies (of the Kurgan, Chelyabinsk and Sverdlovsk regions). Based on the electronic copies of the selected documents, a database of the repository of those documents was formed. The search and selection of the records for the preparation of electronic versions was carried out according to the criteria of the document’s connection to the activities and elimination of the consequences of the accident at the “Mayak” PA and / or to the assessment of the socio-economic situation in the Kurgan, Chelyabinsk and Sverdlovsk regions. The created database of the document repository can be used to assess the effectiveness of the management decisions aimed at overcoming the consequences of radiation accidents.
About the Authors
O. N. Apanasyuk
Nuclear Safety Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Oleg N. Apanasyuk
115191, Moscow, Bolshaya Tulskaya St., bld. 52
A. M. Skorobogatov
Nuclear Safety Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Anatoly M. Skorobogatov
115191, Moscow, Bolshaya Tulskaya St., bld. 52
T. A. Bulantseva
Nuclear Safety Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Tatiana A. Bulantseva
115191, Moscow, Bolshaya Tulskaya St., bld. 52
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Apanasyuk O.N., Skorobogatov A.M., Bulantseva T.A. Creation of the repository database for the archival documents on the issues of overcoming the consequences of the radiation accident at the “Mayak” Chemical Plant in 1957. History and Archives. 2023;5(1):147-167. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.28995/2658-6541-2023-5-1-147-167
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