Leonid Dedul said: “Together with Russia we are working out a Union State program tentatively titled as ‘Crystals and detectors'. It will be aimed at manufacturing domestic detectors with the necessary sensitivity. The relevant approaches will be worked out as part of the Union State program. A joint venture is an option.”
“It is confirmed by the fact that the share of polluted lands stood at 25% at the time of the Chernobyl catastrophe but now it stands at 12.5%, including the Polesie State Radiation and Ecology Reserve. Considering the results, the work in this field is obvious,” Tatiana Kononchuk said.
Tatiana Kononchuk said: “At present radiation is monitored at 120 observation points across Belarus. Apart from that, due to the construction of the Belarusian nuclear power plant another ten automated background radiation monitoring systems have been deployed."
Zoya Trafimchik said: “Another project of the International Atomic Energy Agency has been approved for us. It is dedicated to the improvement of radiation monitoring and to warning about emergency radiological situations in the context of realization of the first nuclear program."
Thunderstorms accompanied by gale winds and torrential rains and by hail in some places affected most of the country's territory in the last 24 hours. Electricity supply was restored in 444 populated localities during the day, the Energy Ministry said.