{"id":135473,"date":"2025-04-23T20:40:58","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T17:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/135473\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"belarus-to-build-nuclear-disposal-site-in-mahilou-region-astraviec-district-or-radiation-contaminated-area","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/135473\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus to build nuclear disposal site in Mahilo\u016d region, Astraviec district or radiation-contaminated area"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>April 23, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Belarus&#8217; nuclear safety department, the Dziar\u017eatamnahlad, considers three potential locations for a radioactive waste disposal facility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>D\u017amitry Pa\u016d\u0142a\u016d of Dziar\u017eatamnahlad told a news conference in Minsk that the agency &nbsp;embraced the IAEA&#8217;s approach of placing such facilities near the main producer of radioactive waste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;That is why we are considering the Belarusian NPP area. Besides, we are taking into account the prospects for constructing other nuclear plants, so the possibility of building a disposal site in the Mahilo\u016d region is being considered. In addition, our country has large territories that remain unused after the Chernobyl accident. One option for using this territory is to build a disposal site there. So, the possibility of stationing the facility in the Pale\u015bsie State Radioecological Reserve is being studied,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041e\u0431\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041e\u0431\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Almost one million Belarusians live in areas contaminated after Chernobyl disaster \u2013 official<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">April 22, Pozirk. More than 930,000 people, including 181,000 children, lived in 1,859 settlements on January 1 in Belarus\u2019 areas contaminated as a result of the Chernobyl accident, Kaciaryna \u0160mialova, an official with the Ministry of Emergency Management, has told &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/135255\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 23, Pozirk. Belarus&#8217; nuclear safety department, the Dziar\u017eatamnahlad, considers three potential locations for a radioactive waste disposal facility. D\u017amitry Pa\u016d\u0142a\u016d of Dziar\u017eatamnahlad told a news conference in Minsk that the agency &nbsp;embraced the IAEA&#8217;s approach of placing such facilities near the main producer of radioactive waste. &#8220;That is why we are considering the Belarusian [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[],"class_list":["post-135473","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Belarus to build nuclear disposal site in Mahilo\u016d region, Astraviec district or radiation-contaminated area | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"April 23, Pozirk. 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