{"id":135773,"date":"2025-04-25T17:29:29","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T14:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/135773\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"lukasenka-tells-officials-to-step-up-efforts-to-reclaim-chernobyl-contaminated-land","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/135773\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0141uka\u0161enka tells officials to step up efforts to reclaim Chernobyl-contaminated land"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"744\" height=\"496\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/radiation_sign_744x496.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/radiation_sign_744x496.jpg 744w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/radiation_sign_744x496-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 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January 1 in Belarus\u2019 contaminated areas, Kaciaryna \u0160mialova, an official with the Ministry of Emergency Management, has told journalists on April 22.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thirty-nine years after the Chernobyl disaster, 60 percent of cesium-137 and 62 percent of strontium-90 have decayed, she said, noting that about 25.000 square kilometers or 12 percent of Belarus, remained contaminated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarus can reclaim most of the contaminated areas, except for the territories of the Palesse State Radiation and Ecological Reserve, which will remain a scientific test ground, the official said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The No. 4 reactor exploded at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the early hours of April 26, 1986.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although the plant is located in Ukraine, about 70 percent of the radioactive fallout landed in Belarus, heavily contaminating one-fourth of the country, one-fifth of its agricultural land and affecting at least 7 million people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More like this: <a href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/ru\/news\/82295\/\">Nearly 40 years after nuclear disaster, radioactive substances still dangerous, scientist says<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 25,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;One day before the 39th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear accident, Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has urged his officials to step up efforts to decontaminate affected areas and take the land back into agricultural production. &nbsp; \u201cWhat have we been doing during these 30 years if 900,000 [people] still live in the contaminated territory?\u201d he questioned [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":64430,"template":"","rubric":[15],"class_list":["post-135773","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ 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