Laboratory of Radiation Protection

The Laboratory was established in 2016 on the basis of the Laboratory of Natural Sources of Radiation and the Laboratory of Radiation-and-Hygienic Regulations.

T.O. Pavlenko (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0615-3123), Professor, Doctor of Sciences (Biology), is a head of the Laboratory.
Tel .: +38(044)513-94-12, e-mail: tpavlenko@ukr.net

The main scientific activities:

  • Study of the impact of the sources, technogenically enhanced, of natural origin on the population and under conditions of the production:
  • determination of the activity of radon-222 in the indoor air of residential and public buildings and on the workplaces;
  • assessment of doses of radiation of the population of Ukraine and correspondent radiation risks;
  • gamma spectrometric investigation of natural radionuclides content in building materials, mineral building materials, as well as in industrial waste.
  • Development of the normative and methodical documents on the issues of human radiation protection from the sources of natural origin and in other situations of human exposure;
  • Substantiation of anti-radonmeasures.
  • Educational work with the population on the issues of radiation protection.

The most significant scientific achievements:


The researchers took part in 6 international projects, including:

  • the project “Reduction of Lung Cancer Risks Caused by Exposure to Radon Gas and Nature Radiation” (2006-2013) on radiation protection from radon, substantiation and introduction of anti-radon measures (SSM, Sweden);
  • the project “ENSURE (PCP, 2010-2013)” on handling with uranium production waste and rehabilitation of contaminated territories as a result of the operation of the uranium facilities (SSM, Sweden);
  • development of the corresponding international recommendations ( Regulatory Basis for Remediation of Uranium Production Legacy Sites, IAEA, 2014-2015);
  • joint Ukrainian-Japanese project “Perception of Radiation Risk in Ukrainian People” on the perception of radiation risks by the population of Ukraine (University of Nagasaki, Japan, 2008-2011).