THE ROLE OF BELARUS NATIONAL COMMISSION ON RADIATION PROTECTION IN THE MINIMIZATION OF CONSEQUENCES OF THE ACCIDENT AT THE CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR POWER PLANT
https://doi.org/10.21514/1998-426X-2016-9-2-26-30
Abstract
The Belarus National Commission on Radiation Protection was established in 1991, based on the former Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic Supreme Council Resolution. The Commission works out recommendations on the radiation protection to submit to the state authorities, state institutions under the Republic of Belarus Government and state research institutions, reviews and assesses scientific data in the field of radiation protection and makes suggestions in regards of the implementation of the achieved developments. The Commission engages leading scientists and practitioners from Belarus, involved in the provision of the radiation protection and safety in the state. The methodological cornerstone for the Commission activities was chosen to be the committment to the worldwide accepted approach of the nature and magnitude of the undertaken protective measures justification in the field of radiation safety. The Commission adheres the ALARA optimization criteria as the core of the aforementioned approach. The Commission has also submited to the Government a number of developments which were crucial in the highest level managerial decisions elaboration. The latter impacted directly the state tactics and strategy in the environmental, health and social consequences of the Chernobyl disaster minimization. Following the recommendations of the international institutions (ICRP, IAEA, UNSCEAR, FAO/WHO), developments of the colleagues in the Russian Federation, Ukraine and the local regional experience, the Commission proceeds with the expert observation of the ongoing protective measures to reduce the radiation impact and population exposure resulted from the Chernobyl accident, is actively occupied in the radiation safety ensuring at the Belarussian nuclear power plant being under construction, much contributes to elaboration of the new version of the state Law “On Radiation Protection of Population” and other regulatory documents.
About the Authors
A. N. Stozharov
Radiation Medicine and Ecology Belarusian State Medical University
Russian Federation
Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor
Russian Federation
Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor
V. I. Ternov
Radiation Medicine and Ecology Belarusian State Medical University
Russian Federation
Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor
Russian Federation
Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor
Ya. E. Kenigsberg
Radiation Medicine and Ecology Belarusian State Medical University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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Stozharov A.N., Ternov V.I., Kenigsberg Ya.E. THE ROLE OF BELARUS NATIONAL COMMISSION ON RADIATION PROTECTION IN THE MINIMIZATION OF CONSEQUENCES OF THE ACCIDENT AT THE CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR POWER PLANT. Radiatsionnaya Gygiena = Radiation Hygiene. 2016;9(2):26-30. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.21514/1998-426X-2016-9-2-26-30
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