title: Twenty years' application of agricultural countermeasures following the Chernobyl accident: lessons learned.
abstract: The accident at the Chernobyl NPP (nuclear power plant) was the most serious ever to have occurred in the history of nuclear energy. The consumption of contaminated foodstuffs in affected areas was a significant source of irradiation for the population. A wide range of different countermeasures have been used to reduce exposure of people and to mitigate the consequences of the Chernobyl accident for agriculture in affected regions in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine. This paper for the first time summarises key data on countermeasure application over twenty years for all three countries and describes key lessons learnt from this experience.
authors.affiliation: International Atomic Energy Agency, 1400 Vienna, Austria. S.Fesenko@iaea.org
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Fesenko
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Alexakhin
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Balonov
authors.forename: I M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Bogdevich
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Howard
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Kashparov
authors.forename: N I
authors.initials: NI
authors.lastname: Sanzharova
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Panov
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Voigt
authors.forename: Yu M
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Zhuchenka
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D047852:Chernobyl Nuclear Accident; D005507:Food Contamination, Radioactive / Q000032:analysis* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011210:Power Plants; D011835:Radiation Protection / Q000379:methods*; D018788:Radioactive Hazard Release; D014455:Ukraine