In the contaminated zone there were wide areas of a special natural landscape containing monuments of materials and spiritual culture, including archaeological, historical and architectural sites. Precise and detailed measurements therefore need to be made of the radiation conditions, taking into account the “spottiness” of the contamination, including a survey of each household in rural areas and of each building and structure.An important role in finalizing this plan can be played by the international organizations.In the spring and summer of 1986, 116,000 people were evacuated from the danger zone.Protecting the environment and working out the optimum principles for settlement of the population.It should be noted that negative socio-economic and psycho-emotional processes are being observed in areas subjected to radioactive contamination as a result of the prohibitions and restrictions applied in those areas, and the effects of adverse environmental factors other than those related to radiation are being felt.Development of means to reduce the amount of radionuclides entering the organisms of farm animals and to hasten their elimination;The third period, from 1988 to the present day, has involved stabilizing the radiation situation in the 30-kilometre zone and other areas, getting the organization of work and dosimetric monitoring set up properly, carrying out operation to make the “Encasement” more secure, decontaminating of settlements, relocating inhabitants away from contaminated areas, taking measures to reduce contamination of agricultural produce and reorganizing agricultural activities, collating material relating to the accident, and developing and launching of a long-term programme for dealing with the after-effects of the accident. The supply of animal protein has declined.Improving knowledge of radiation medicine and radiation security among medical workers and people living in contaminated areas. In addition, it is planned to pay suitable compensation to citizens relocated away from settlements where restrictions on the consumption of local food products have been imposed, and to find them housing and employment.Organization of mass production of highly sensitive radiometric instruments and their installation at farms, collecting centres, processing plants and trading enterprises;For these evacuees it will be necessary to build several million square metres of housing, cultural and service facilities, new estates and roads, and hence to expand the building and building materials industries.Faced with the complex radiation conditions in the European part of the country, agencies of the USSR Ministry of Health in co-operation with the USSR State Committee for Hydrometeorology and the agricultural authorities determined by what routes and at what levels the most dangerous radionuclides were entering the food chain, and drew up time-limited standards and recommendations to protect the population.The Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR has appealed to Governments and public bodies in foreign countries and to international organizations for large-scale international co-operation in dealing with the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster.The accident disrupted the previous way of life and economic activity in various parts of the RSFSR, Ukrainian SSR and Byelorussian SSR. In 1986 imported equipment was supplied mainly for the purposes of medical assistance to people suffering from acute radiation sickness. In fact, the more contaminated a region, the older its population. The Social Impact of the Chernobyl Disaster David R. Marples No preview available - 1988. This work is expected to be completed in October 1990.For inhabitants of a number of places in areas affected by radioactive contamination, a decree was introduced by the Government of the USSR in 1986, and followed up by various decisions, which limited the consumption of food products from local farms and private plots because they contained more than the permissible levels of radio nuclides. Recommendations for Economic and Social Policy 52. Borrow this book to access EPUB and PDF files. In Belarus, almost 500Â 000 people, including 400Â 000 children, had the right to free holidays in the early 2000s. View all » Common terms and phrases. 1, No. Out of print. 116Â 000 of them were evacuated immediately after the accident, whereas a larger number were resettled several years later, when the benefits of relocation were less evident.Wages tend to be lower and unemployment higher in the affected areas than they are elsewhere. The following report was presented to the July 1990 session of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations by the delegations of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the Belorussian Soviet Socialist Republic and the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. Information on Economic and Social Consequences of the Chernobyl Accident. In many cases, Chernobyl payments became meaningless in terms of their contribution to family incomes, but, given the large number of eligible people, remained a major burden on the state budget. Twenty-five countrieshave provisionally indicated a desire to take part in the Centre’s work.