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Radioactive contamination in the Netherlands as a result of the nuclear reactor accident at Chernobyl (1986)

AuthorCoördinatie-commissie voor de metingen van Radioactiviteit en xenobiotische stoffen
DateOctober 1986
Classification 2.34.8.20/05 (CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT - CONSEQUENCES THE NETHERLANDS - GENERAL)
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PREFACE

The Coordinating Committee for the Monitoring of Radioactivity and Xenobiotic
Substances (CCRX) has as its task the evaluation of the systematic monitoring 
programmes carried out by the different government institutes and the coordination 
of the exchange of measurement data among these institutes.

The CCRX fulfils its task, among others, by the collection of data on measurements of 
radioactive and xenobiotic materials in the biological environment of the Netherlands 
and the yearly presentation of these data in a well-organized form.

Following the serious accident at the nuclear power station at Chernobyl, the Minister 
of Housing, Physical Planning and Environmental Protection requested that the 
CCRX report on the extra contamination of man and environment with radioactivity 
as a result of that accident.

Thanks to the cooperation of all the Netherlands institutes and establishments working 
in this area, it appeared possible to give a detailed survey of the contamination in 
the Netherlands within a short time.
In its report, the CCRX has also made recommendations for the provision of extra 
measuring capacity in order to continue to follow the further course of the 
radioactivity. In the coming Annual Reports of the CCRX, an account of this course 
will be given. That report will undoubtedly play an important role in the improvement 
of the current emergency regulations from the standpoints of the provision, collection 
and evaluation of measurement data.

The Chairman of the CCRX

Ir. drs. R.B.J.C. van Noort.

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