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Atlas Of Caesium Deposition On Europe After The Chernobyl Accident

Auteur	European Commission
	2-34-8-30-47.pdf
Datum	1998
Classificatie	2.34.8.30/47 (TSJERNOBYL - GEVOLGEN REST EUROPA - ALGEMEEN)
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ATLAS OF CAESIUM DEPOSITION ON EUROPE AFTER THE CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT 
Luxembourg, Office for Official Publications of the European Communities 
1998

Authors M De Cort, G Dubois, Sh D Fridman, M G Germenchuk, Yu A Izrael,
A Janssens, A R Jones, G N Kelly, E V Kvasnikova, I I Matveenko, I M Nazarov,
Yu M Pokumeiko, V A Sitak, E D Stukin, L Ya Tabachny, Yu S Tsaturov,
S I Avdyushin.

Preface 
The European Commission and the Ministries responsible for Chernobyl 
Affairs in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine have carried out a collaborative 
programme of research on the consequences of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power 
Plant accident. This programme was implemented during the period 1992-95 
under the auspices of a formal Agreement between the Commission and the 
relevant Ministries in the three countries. Financial support for the 
programme was provided through a separate budget approved by the European 
Parliament. 
Within this programme some 16 separate projects were implemented 
dealing with the health and environmental consequences of the accident, 
their long term management and with emergency management in general. The 
results of this programme have been published in 16 volumes and were 
presented at a major international conference held in March 1996 in Minsk. 
One of the projects was concerned with the preparation of a comprehensive 
Atlas of the deposition, over the whole territory of Europe, of radioactive 
material released during the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant accident. 
Various compilations, of differing resolution and quality, of the 
deposition in particular countries or regions are available but, 
prior to this project, no attempt had been made to bring the many data 
together and develop a coherent and comprehensive picture of the deposition 
across the whole of Europe. The task in assembling and processing these 
data has been considerable and those involved with the project 
are to be commended for what has been achieved. Equally, the Atlas could 
not have been produced without the input of data from each of the European 
countries which experienced fallout from the accident; their essential 
contributions are acknowledged.