In April Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko signed a decree on organizing a system for radioactive waste management. According to the press service of the head of state, the document is aimed at enabling the operation of a system for long-term storage and burial of such waste.
The accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant,the world's worst-ever civil nuclear incident, occurred on 26 April 1986. Around five million people are estimated to have suffered as a result of the disaster and its consequences
What is the difference between strategic and tactical nuclear missiles? What is behind the concept of limited nuclear war? Why does Lukashenko call nuclear weapons "weapons of madmen"? The project After the Fact: Decisions of the First One on BelTA's YouTube channel answers these questions.
Regional courses for training radiation safety specialists are arranged at premises of the International Sakharov Environmental Institute in Belarus every two years under the aegis of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).