November 15-16, 2023 at the National Military University named after Vasyl Levskyi (Bulgaria) the international scientific conference “Radiation safety in the modern world” was held. The 2023 conference was timed to mark the 120th anniversary of the awarding of the Nobel Prize to him for the discovery of natural radioactivity, as well as the famous scientists, Nobel Prize laureates Marie and Pierre Curie.
Vice-rector Professor Oleksandr Trush and Head of the Department of Occupational and Environmental Safety Serhiy Vambol spoke at the conference online. Their scientific report was devoted to issues of radiation capacity of forest ecosystems after a fire. The conference participants discussed today’s challenges and problems of radiation and environmental safety and ways to overcome them.
The research work in the field of environmental and radiation safety was carried out by KhPI vice-rector Professor Oleksandr Trush and the head of the Department of Occupational and Environmental Safety of Mechanical Engineering and Transport NTU “KHPI” Professor Serhiy Vambol together with their colleagues from the Institute of Public Administration and Scientific Research on Civil Defense of Ukraine (IPASRCDU). Other participants of IDUNDCZ took part in the research. Scientists of NTU “KhPI” and IPASRCDU told the participants of the conference about the migration of radioactive nuclides in the 30-kilometer zone of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, about the influence of forest fires and other emergency situations on this process.