Chernobyl Accident Affects on Belarus

Information about the affects of the Chernobyl accident in Belarus is not easy to find, as compared to Ukraine. At Chernobyl.info, the official website of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, I have found links to some new documents about Chernobyl’s affect on Belaus (published at Chernobyl.info on January 28).

Included are maps of Cesium-137 and Strontium-90 contamination within Belarus as of 2004. Also of interest are two maps forecasting Belorussian Cs-137 levels in both 2016 and 2046. You can also read a PDF document summarizing an International conference held April 19-21, 2006 in Minsk, titled “Chernobyl 20 years after. Strategy for recovery and sustainable development of the affected regions.”

A summary of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation’s activities in the Chernobyl Zone can be found on their webiste - “The SDC Chernobyl programme in Belarus, Ukraine and Russia aims at relieving the people suffering from the Chernobyl consequences, developing of  Chernobyl contaminated areas as well as increasing the national and international awareness on the problem.”