Belarus : Chernobyl Review

The world's worst nuclear accident occurred in Chernobyl on April 26, 1986, releasing at least 100 times as much radiation as the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The most affected country was Belarus, for which the environmenta...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	DEMOGRAPHY ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION NUCLEAR POWER PLANT ACCIDENTS NUCLEAR ACCIDENTS LAND DEGRADATION RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION RADIATION MONITORING CHILD HEALTH CHILD CARE ALLOWANCE BIRTH RATE INFANT MORTALITY DISEASES PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS INFORMATION DISSEMINATION GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS CONTAMINATION ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION SOCIAL MITIGATION HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY THYROID HORMONES CANCER AGRICULTURAL AREAS ACCIDENTS AGED AGING AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICES AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE ANXIETY AQUIFERS ATMOSPHERE CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES CERTAIN EXTENT CLIMATE CROPS DEATH RATE DEMOGRAPHICS DIET DRINKING WATER ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INCENTIVES ECONOMIC SITUATION EMPLOYMENT ENVIRONMENTAL EQUIPMENT EXPENDITURES FAMILIES FARMS FERTILIZERS FISH FLOODS FOOD PROCESSING FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD PRODUCTS FOREST PRODUCTS HEALTH HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE SERVICES HEALTH EDUCATION HEALTH PROBLEMS HEALTH PROGRAMS HEALTH PROMOTION HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH STATUS HOSPITALS HUMUS INCOME INCOMES INJURIES INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS IODINE IRON IRON SALTS IRRADIATION LAKES LIFE EXPECTANCY LIVELIHOODS LIVING CONDITIONS MARKETING MIGRATION MORTALITY NITRATES OLDER PEOPLE PARTICLES PASTURES PERVERSE INCENTIVES PHYSICIANS PLUTONIUM PRESENT VALUE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PRIVATE SECTOR PUBLIC GOODS QUALITY OF LIFE RADIATION RADIOACTIVE ISOTOPES RADIOACTIVITY RADIONUCLIDES RADON RETIREMENT RIVERS RURAL DEVELOPMENT SAFETY SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SEAS SEDIMENTATION SEDIMENTS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL SERVICES SOILS STORMS STRONTIUM URBAN AREAS VICTIMS WOOD WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/07/2072620/belarus-chernobyl-review http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15332

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spelling	okr-10986-153322021-04-23T14:03:15Z Belarus : Chernobyl Review World Bank DEMOGRAPHY ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION NUCLEAR POWER PLANT ACCIDENTS NUCLEAR ACCIDENTS LAND DEGRADATION RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION RADIATION MONITORING CHILD HEALTH CHILD CARE ALLOWANCE BIRTH RATE INFANT MORTALITY DISEASES PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS INFORMATION DISSEMINATION GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS CONTAMINATION ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION SOCIAL MITIGATION HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY THYROID HORMONES CANCER AGRICULTURAL AREAS ACCIDENTS AGED AGING AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICES AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE ANXIETY AQUIFERS ATMOSPHERE BIRTH RATE CANCER CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES CERTAIN EXTENT CLIMATE CROPS DEATH RATE DEMOGRAPHICS DIET DRINKING WATER ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INCENTIVES ECONOMIC SITUATION EMPLOYMENT ENVIRONMENTAL EQUIPMENT EXPENDITURES FAMILIES FARMS FERTILIZERS FISH FLOODS FOOD PROCESSING FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD PRODUCTS FOREST PRODUCTS HEALTH HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE SERVICES HEALTH EDUCATION HEALTH PROBLEMS HEALTH PROGRAMS HEALTH PROMOTION HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH STATUS HOSPITALS HUMUS INCOME INCOMES INFANT MORTALITY INJURIES INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS IODINE IRON IRON SALTS IRRADIATION LAKES LIFE EXPECTANCY LIVELIHOODS LIVING CONDITIONS MARKETING MIGRATION MORTALITY NITRATES OLDER PEOPLE PARTICLES PASTURES PERVERSE INCENTIVES PHYSICIANS PLUTONIUM PRESENT VALUE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PRIVATE SECTOR PUBLIC GOODS QUALITY OF LIFE RADIATION RADIOACTIVE ISOTOPES RADIOACTIVITY RADIONUCLIDES RADON RETIREMENT RIVERS RURAL DEVELOPMENT SAFETY SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SEAS SEDIMENTATION SEDIMENTS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL SERVICES SOILS STORMS STRONTIUM URBAN AREAS VICTIMS WOOD WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION The world's worst nuclear accident occurred in Chernobyl on April 26, 1986, releasing at least 100 times as much radiation as the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The most affected country was Belarus, for which the environmental, health, and other consequences of the Chernobyl accident were disastrous. The present report reveals that notable differences exist between zones with relatively mild levels of contamination and those with higher levels; contaminated areas suffer from a distorted demographic structure; and the affected territories are mostly agricultural, and tend to be poorer than urban areas; the potential for economic activity is rather limited; the incidence of thyroid cancer in children has increased as a result of radiation exposure; it is difficult to separate the direct impact of radiation from the indirect impact that comes form psychological perceptions of risk, the consequneces of the economy, and the quality of health services; people are ambivalent about the effectiveness of government programs; and sufficient information is not reaching large groups of the population and the information disseminated is not trusted. The four chapters of the report discuss the current situation in the contaminated districts, the fiscal implications and the government's institutional arrangements, the government programs designed to mitigate the consequences, and recommendations for developing improved approaches that would lower the fiscal burden. 2013-08-23T20:29:51Z 2013-08-23T20:29:51Z 2002-07-15 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/07/2072620/belarus-chernobyl-review http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15332 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Europe and Central Asia Belarus
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topic	DEMOGRAPHY ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION NUCLEAR POWER PLANT ACCIDENTS NUCLEAR ACCIDENTS LAND DEGRADATION RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION RADIATION MONITORING CHILD HEALTH CHILD CARE ALLOWANCE BIRTH RATE INFANT MORTALITY DISEASES PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS INFORMATION DISSEMINATION GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS CONTAMINATION ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION SOCIAL MITIGATION HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY THYROID HORMONES CANCER AGRICULTURAL AREAS ACCIDENTS AGED AGING AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICES AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE ANXIETY AQUIFERS ATMOSPHERE BIRTH RATE CANCER CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES CERTAIN EXTENT CLIMATE CROPS DEATH RATE DEMOGRAPHICS DIET DRINKING WATER ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INCENTIVES ECONOMIC SITUATION EMPLOYMENT ENVIRONMENTAL EQUIPMENT EXPENDITURES FAMILIES FARMS FERTILIZERS FISH FLOODS FOOD PROCESSING FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD PRODUCTS FOREST PRODUCTS HEALTH HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE SERVICES HEALTH EDUCATION HEALTH PROBLEMS HEALTH PROGRAMS HEALTH PROMOTION HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH STATUS HOSPITALS HUMUS INCOME INCOMES INFANT MORTALITY INJURIES INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS IODINE IRON IRON SALTS IRRADIATION LAKES LIFE EXPECTANCY LIVELIHOODS LIVING CONDITIONS MARKETING MIGRATION MORTALITY NITRATES OLDER PEOPLE PARTICLES PASTURES PERVERSE INCENTIVES PHYSICIANS PLUTONIUM PRESENT VALUE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PRIVATE SECTOR PUBLIC GOODS QUALITY OF LIFE RADIATION RADIOACTIVE ISOTOPES RADIOACTIVITY RADIONUCLIDES RADON RETIREMENT RIVERS RURAL DEVELOPMENT SAFETY SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SEAS SEDIMENTATION SEDIMENTS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL SERVICES SOILS STORMS STRONTIUM URBAN AREAS VICTIMS WOOD WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
spellingShingle	DEMOGRAPHY ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION NUCLEAR POWER PLANT ACCIDENTS NUCLEAR ACCIDENTS LAND DEGRADATION RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION RADIATION MONITORING CHILD HEALTH CHILD CARE ALLOWANCE BIRTH RATE INFANT MORTALITY DISEASES PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS INFORMATION DISSEMINATION GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS CONTAMINATION ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION SOCIAL MITIGATION HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY THYROID HORMONES CANCER AGRICULTURAL AREAS ACCIDENTS AGED AGING AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICES AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE ANXIETY AQUIFERS ATMOSPHERE BIRTH RATE CANCER CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES CERTAIN EXTENT CLIMATE CROPS DEATH RATE DEMOGRAPHICS DIET DRINKING WATER ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INCENTIVES ECONOMIC SITUATION EMPLOYMENT ENVIRONMENTAL EQUIPMENT EXPENDITURES FAMILIES FARMS FERTILIZERS FISH FLOODS FOOD PROCESSING FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD PRODUCTS FOREST PRODUCTS HEALTH HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE SERVICES HEALTH EDUCATION HEALTH PROBLEMS HEALTH PROGRAMS HEALTH PROMOTION HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH STATUS HOSPITALS HUMUS INCOME INCOMES INFANT MORTALITY INJURIES INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS IODINE IRON IRON SALTS IRRADIATION LAKES LIFE EXPECTANCY LIVELIHOODS LIVING CONDITIONS MARKETING MIGRATION MORTALITY NITRATES OLDER PEOPLE PARTICLES PASTURES PERVERSE INCENTIVES PHYSICIANS PLUTONIUM PRESENT VALUE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PRIVATE SECTOR PUBLIC GOODS QUALITY OF LIFE RADIATION RADIOACTIVE ISOTOPES RADIOACTIVITY RADIONUCLIDES RADON RETIREMENT RIVERS RURAL DEVELOPMENT SAFETY SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SEAS SEDIMENTATION SEDIMENTS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL SERVICES SOILS STORMS STRONTIUM URBAN AREAS VICTIMS WOOD WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION World Bank Belarus : Chernobyl Review
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description	The world's worst nuclear accident occurred in Chernobyl on April 26, 1986, releasing at least 100 times as much radiation as the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The most affected country was Belarus, for which the environmental, health, and other consequences of the Chernobyl accident were disastrous. The present report reveals that notable differences exist between zones with relatively mild levels of contamination and those with higher levels; contaminated areas suffer from a distorted demographic structure; and the affected territories are mostly agricultural, and tend to be poorer than urban areas; the potential for economic activity is rather limited; the incidence of thyroid cancer in children has increased as a result of radiation exposure; it is difficult to separate the direct impact of radiation from the indirect impact that comes form psychological perceptions of risk, the consequneces of the economy, and the quality of health services; people are ambivalent about the effectiveness of government programs; and sufficient information is not reaching large groups of the population and the information disseminated is not trusted. The four chapters of the report discuss the current situation in the contaminated districts, the fiscal implications and the government's institutional arrangements, the government programs designed to mitigate the consequences, and recommendations for developing improved approaches that would lower the fiscal burden.
author	World Bank
author_facet	World Bank
author_sort	World Bank
title	Belarus : Chernobyl Review
title_short	Belarus : Chernobyl Review
title_full	Belarus : Chernobyl Review
title_fullStr	Belarus : Chernobyl Review
title_full_unstemmed	Belarus : Chernobyl Review
title_sort	belarus : chernobyl review
publisher	Washington, DC
publishDate	2013
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/07/2072620/belarus-chernobyl-review http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15332
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