Issue №1, Vol. 22
Potapenko A., Tolkacheva N., Sedukova G., Isachenko S. Inventory of radiation-hazardous lands in the southeast of the Gomel region of the Republic of Belarus // Resources and Technology. 2025. №1, Vol. 22. P. 57‒71.
DOI: 10.15393/j2.art.2025.8303
Inventory of radiation-hazardous lands in the southeast of the Gomel region of the Republic of Belarus
| Potapenko Anton | Institute of Forest of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, anto_ha86@mail.ru |
| Tolkacheva Natalya | Institute of Forest of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, tolkacheva-08@tut.by |
| Sedukova Galina | Institute of Radiobiology of NAS of Belarus, g.sedukova@gmail.com |
| Isachenko Sergey | Institute of Radiobiology of NAS of Belarus, s.a.isachenko@gmail.com |
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Key words: radioactive contamination of lands; density of soil contamination; forest cover overgrowth of shrub vegetation |
Summary: During the long post-accident period natural processes of 137Cs and 90Sr radioactive decay have changed significantly the structure of their distribution on the territory of Belarus. The general trend of the radiation situation is directed to a gradual decrease in the density of contamination. Therefore, there is much tension about the issue of rehabilitation and gradual reversion to economic activity of the lands contaminated with radionuclides after the Chernobyl NPP catastrophe and withdrawn from agricultural turnover. The aims of the research were to perform a comprehensive inventory of lands contaminated with radionuclides, withdrawn from agricultural use, and held on inventory of agricultural organizations and district executive committees on the territory of Gomel region and to develop proposals on the expediency of their use in forestry. A comprehensive field survey of radionuclide-contaminated lands set-aside in Bragin, Loev, Gomel, Dobrush, Vetka districts of Gomel region was performed including assessment of radiation situation and inventory of tree and shrub vegetation on the studied lands. The information obtained will allow making management decisions on the advisability of classifying alienated lands as lands of limited economic use or excluding lands from radiation hazardous ones, and to develop inventory passports of land plots. |
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