21.04.2021
MINSK, 21 April (BelTA) – A well-developed system for monitoring radiation levels successfully operates in Belarus. Mikhail Kovalenko, Head of the Radiation Monitoring Service of the National Center for Hydrometeorology, Radioactive Contamination Control, and Environmental Monitoring (Belhydromet) of the Belarusian Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Ministry, made the statement during a meeting of the Expert Community project held in BelTA s press center to discuss the social and economic development of the territories affected by the Chernobyl catastrophe.
According to Mikhail Kovalenko, radiation monitoring has been in place in Belarus since 1963. Further enhancement of the system was prompted by the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and the need to start monitoring such potentially hazardous installations as nuclear power plants in neighboring countries. The network for monitoring radiation levels in atmospheric air was greatly expanded and t
Radiation monitoring system successfully operates in Belarus
Mikhail Kovalenko
MINSK, 21 April (BelTA) – A well-developed system for monitoring radiation levels successfully operates in Belarus. Mikhail Kovalenko, Head of the Radiation Monitoring Service of the National Center for Hydrometeorology, Radioactive Contamination Control, and Environmental Monitoring (Belhydromet) of the Belarusian Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Ministry, made the statement during a meeting of the Expert Community project held in BelTA s press center to discuss the social and economic development of the territories affected by the Chernobyl catastrophe.
According to Mikhail Kovalenko, radiation monitoring has been in place in Belarus since 1963. Further enhancement of the system was prompted by the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and the need to start monitoring such potentially hazardous installations as nuclear power plants in neighboring countries. The network for moni
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11.01.2021
MINSK, 11 January (BelTA) – Background radiation levels in the area of the Belarusian nuclear power plant remain stable, BelTA learned from Mikhail Kovalenko, Head of the Radiation Monitoring Service of the National Center for Hydrometeorology, Radioactive Contamination Control, and Environmental Monitoring of the Belarusian Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Ministry, at a press conference on 11 January.
The official said: “There are ten automatic measuring stations around the Belarusian nuclear power plant. We receive data from them every ten minutes. The data includes gamma radiation levels and information about radionuclide content in the air. The situation in this area remained stable through 2020.”