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5 September 2005 | Geneva - A total of up to 4000 people could eventually die of radiation exposure from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant (NPP) accident nearly 20 years ago, an international team of more than 100 scientists has concluded.
Damage As a result of the Chernobyl disaster, almost a fourth part of Belarus was contaminated (some 23 per cent of the territory). For comparison, radioactive fallout in Russia amounted to 1.5 per cent and in Ukraine to 7 per cent of the countryâs territory.Damage caused by the Chernobyl disaster is estimated at some $235 billion. However, the overall amount of money that Belarus and the international community invested into the recovery amounts to just 8 per cent of the total damage.  Safe environment in the affected regions requires much time to take hold.