Polesie State Radioecological ReserveThe Polesie State Radioecological Reserve (PSRER; Belarusian: Палескі дзяржаўны радыяцыйна-экалагічны запаведнік, romanized: Palyeski dzyarzhawny radyyatsyyna-ekalahichny zapavyednik; Russian: Полесский государственный радиационно-экологический заповедник, romanized: Polessky gosudarstvenny radiatsionno-ekologichesky zapovednik) is a radioecologicalnature reserve in the Polesie region of Belarus, which was created to enclose the territory of Belarus most affected by radioactive fallout from the Chernobyl disaster.
Chernobyl exclusion zoneThe Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Zone of Alienation, also known as the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone or Chornobyl Exclusion Zone, is also called the 30-Kilometre Zone or simply The Zone, was established shortly after the 1986 Chernobyl disaster in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union.
East Ural Nature ReserveEast Ural Nature Reserve (Russian: Восточно-Уральский заповедник) is a Russian 'zapovednik' (strict nature reserve) that is near the site of the 1957 Kyshtym disaster, the world's second highest radioactivity release after Chernobyl.
Kyshtym disaster1957 radiological contamination disaster in the Soviet Union Kyshtym disasterMap of the East Urals Radioactive Trace (EURT): area contaminated by the Kyshtym disaster.Native name Кыштымская аварияDate29 September 1957Time11:22 UTCLocationMayak, Chelyabinsk-40, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union55°42′45″N 60°50′53″E / 55.71250°N 60.84806°E / 55.71250; 60.84806Also known asMayak disaster or Ozyorsk disasterTypeNuclear accidentCasualties270,000-500,000+ affected.
RussiaRussia, or the Russian Federation, is a country in Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the largest country in the world, spanning eleven time zones and sharing land borders with fourteen countries. With a population of over 140 million, Russia is the most populous country in Europe and the ninth-most populous in the world. It is a highly urbanised country, with three-fourths of its population living in urban areas.
UkraineCountry in Eastern EuropeUkraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the north; Poland and Slovakia to the west; Hungary, Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov to the south and southeast. Kyiv is Ukraine's capital and largest city, followed by Kharkiv, Odesa, and Dnipro. The official language is Ukrainian.
BelarusCountry in Eastern EuropeBelarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Belarus spans an area of 207,600 square kilometres (80,200 sq mi) with a population of 9.1 million. The country has a hemiboreal climate and is administratively divided into six regions.
JapanJapan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland, it is bordered to the west by the Sea of Japan, the Sea of Okhotsk in the north, and the East China Sea in the south. The Japanese archipelago consists of four major islands alongside over 14,000 smaller islands.
United States Department of DefenseExecutive department of the federal governmentThe United States Department of Defense (DoD), also referred to as the Department of War (DoW), is an executive department of the United States federal government charged with coordinating and supervising the United States Armed Forces—the Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, Space Force, and, for some purposes, the Coast Guard—and related functions and agencies.
Border controlMeasures taken to regulate the movement of goods and people across bordersAs seen from the Bhutanese sideAs seen from the Indian sideThe border gate between Phuentsholing, Bhutan, and Jaigaon, IndiaThe gate that borders East Nusa Tenggara in Indonesia and East TimorA train crossing the China–Russia border, travelling from Zabaykalsk in Russia to Manzhouli in ChinaDifferent categories of borders have varying features and levels of security.Border control comprises measures taken by governments to monitor and regulate the movement of people, animals, and goods across land, air, and maritime borders.Military exclusion zoneA military exclusion zone (MEZ) is an area in the immediate vicinity of a military action established by a country to prevent the unauthorized entry of civilian personnel/equipment for their own safety or to protect natural assets already in place in the zone. It is also established to prevent an enemy from acquiring any material which could help them. The comparable term used by the air forces is that of no-fly zone.Fukushima nuclear accident cleanupThe Fukushima accident cleanup is an ongoing attempt to limit radioactive contamination from the three nuclear reactors involved in the Fukushima nuclear accident that followed the earthquake and tsunami on 11 March 2011. The affected reactors were adjacent to one another and accident management was made much more difficult because of the number of simultaneous hazards concentrated in a small area.
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