[Health status among the staff at the nuclear waste processing plant]

Based on annual medical examinations over 20 years, the authors evaluated health state of stuffers (423 individuals) who work at the first Russian plant treating nuclear fuel waste. Over the stated time no hematologic, neurologic and other syndromes and diseases caused by radiation were revealed. Moderate increase in platelet and WBC counts appeared in first years of work (adaptive response) and higher parameters of bronchial obstruction in smokers. The article presents incidence and structure of the diseases first revealed.