Acknowledgements Publication of this brochure is supported by the W. Alton Jones Foundation. The group of authors acknowledges with gratitude the contribution of:
Foreword Dear reader! If you ever thought how the heat and light appear in your house, you definitely know this complex situation with fuel and energy resources that was formed in our country. Some experts think that construction of nuclear power plant can provide the way out of the current situation; another propose to use the domestic sources more extensively, including non-traditional resources. In this brochure we tried to present both state and NGOs opinions. The main task of this publication is to form the public opinion on the issues of nuclear power use in Belarus. We hope that the information provided here will allow you to get a quite comprehensive picture of the issue. Besides, you can find in this brochure the information needed for general public. Taking into account the dominating "Chernobyl" topics among the main environmental problems in Belarus, the group of authors included the recommendations for adults and children living on the territories contaminated with radionuclides into the brochure, as well as advice on self-dependent ensuring of the radiation safety in case of the accident at the nuclear object.
The full text of this
publication is available in Russian on this website. We
are making this brief English-language translation
available so that English speakers could learn about
information distributed through the Nuclear Communities
project. Some of the documents about
radiation-protection, as well as other information about
how citizens can protect themselves from radiation after
an accidental release of radiation, can be found in
English at another ECOLOGIA website: Nuclear
Power Plant Accidents: A Guide for Informed Citizen
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