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The explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant (NPP), which resulted in radioactive fallout in many European countries, represents the single-largest release in recorded history. The total amount of radionuclides released from Chernobyl exceeds the sum of that released by World War II atomic bombs by more than a factor of 200. The radioactive fallout from Chernobyl dispersed through Belarus was 70% of the total release; in the Ukraine the amount was 20%, in Russia, 7%, and in the remainder of the world, 3%. In Belarus, radionuclides have substantially contaminated about 25% of the territory (46 500 km2), 27 towns, and 2736 settlements with more than 2.1 million inhabitants, 17 500 km2 of arable lands, meadows, and pastures, and 19 000 km2 of forest [1].
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Mikhalevich, A.A. (2000). Expertise in Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management in Belarus. In: Baca, T.E., Florkowski, T. (eds) The Environmental Challenges of Nuclear Disarmament. NATO Science Series, vol 29. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4104-8_32
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