Our history
Ukrainian branch
of
All-Union Institute
of
Agricultural
Radiology
was
founded
by
order
of
the
Head
of
Gosagroprom
of
the
USSR of
3 June
1986, because
of
the
Chernobyl
NPP accident
and
because
of
absence
in
Ukraine
of
a scientific
institution
that
would
work
on
the
problems
of
agricultural
radiology.
In
1991, on
petition
of
the
Council
of
Ministers
of
Ukraine,
the
branch
was
transformed
into
Ukrainian
Institute
of
Agricultural
Radiology
(UIAR).
In the
first
years
after
the
accident,
a significant
part
of
our
efforts
was
devoted
to
the
practical
works,
which
were
directly
related
to
the
elimination
of
the
accident
consequences
and
fulfilling
of
the
on-line
tasks
of
the
Government.
UIAR staff
in
collaboration
with
other
institutions
carried
out
the
great
practical
works
on
evaluation
of
the
radiological
situation
in
various
branches
of
agriculture,
including
missions
to
the
contaminated
territories,
sampling
and
analysis
of
tens
of
thousands
of
soil,
vegetation
and
animal
production
samples,
and
generalization
of
the
obtained
results.
In
that
period,
we
elaborated
:
- the
express-method for
estimation
of
the
radioactive
contamination
of
the
agricultural
areas
that
enabled
to
survey
in
the
short
terms
the
whole
territory
of
Ukraine,
to
map
the
contamination
of
the
agricultural
lands
and
to
abandon
agriculture
in
the
most
contaminated
places;
- program of
the
farms
re-profiling
in
the
contaminated
territory;
- method of
deactivation
of
the
homestead
lands;
- radiological passport
of
the
agricultural
enterprise.
Also we carried
out
the
radiation
expertise
of
forage
and
exported
agricultural
production.
Due
to
the
valuable
input
of
our
scientists,
radiological
situation
in
agriculture
in
Ukraine
in
1990 was
stabilized.
The researches
of
the
Institute
are
well-known
worldwide,
our
scientists
regularly
present
the
reports
at
the
International
and
National
scientific
meetings,
carry
out
the
projects
within
the
frameworks
of
the
collaboration
programs
CEC-CIS, FGI, the
STCU and
the
projects
with
the
leading
European
institutes.
The scientists
of
UIAR have
published
since
the
accident
more
than
650 scientific
works
including
about
100 methods,
recommendations,
and
proposals
for
organization
of
agriculture
in
the
radioactive
contaminated
territories.
These
proposals
have
been
implemented
in
the
practical
work
of
the
divisions
of
the
Ministry
of
Agrarian
Policy
of
Ukraine
and
of
the
radiological
services
at
the
levels
of
regions,
districts
and
farms.
The
concept
of
the
agricultural
production
in
the
contaminated
territory
of
Ukraine
has
been
developed
for
the
period
till
2010, as
well
as
the
programs
of
rehabilitation
of
the
abandoned
territories
etc.
For
the
most
critical
settlements,
the
technical
projects
were
proposed,
which
would
guarantee
the
manufacture
of
the
production
satisfying
the
acting
standards.