title: Radioactive waste management in the Chernobyl exclusion zone: 25 years since the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident.
abstract: Radioactive waste management is an important component of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant accident mitigation and remediation activities in the so-called Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. This article describes the localization and characteristics of the radioactive waste present in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone and summarizes the pathways and strategy for handling the radioactive waste-related problems in Ukraine and the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone and, in particular, the pathways and strategies stipulated by the National Radioactive Waste Management Program.
authors: Chernobyl Center for Nuclear Safety, Radioactive Waste and Radioecology, International Radioecology Laboratory, Slavutich, Ukraine.
authors: Boris Y
authors: BY
authors: Oskolkov
authors: Mikhail D
authors: MD
authors: Bondarkov
authors: Lubov I
authors: LI
authors: Zinkevich
authors: Nikolai I
authors: NI
authors: Proskura
authors: Eduardo B
authors: EB
authors: Farfán
authors: G Timothy
authors: GT
authors: Jannik
mesh_terms: D047852:Chernobyl Nuclear Accident; D052918:Environmental Restoration and Remediation / Q000266:history / Q000379:methods*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D018788:Radioactive Hazard Release; D011850:Radioactive Waste; D013997:Time Factors; D014455:Ukraine; D018505:Waste Management / Q000266:history / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D011850:Radioactive Waste