established. This should involve provision of appropriate equipment and coordination of the efforts of the external monitoring organizations.

(16)The pollution resulting from past and present operations in the Dniprodzerzhinsk industrial complex needs to be considered holistically in order to understand its respective contribution to pollution of the Dnieper River basin and the effects of interactions between the major waste storage areas. Essentially, there needs to be an overall plan for the site, which will include rehabilitation of sites along with possible further industrial development.

(17)Rehabilitation of non-operational uranium tailings impoundments at Zhovti Vody and Dniprodzerzhinsk needs to be completed in order to ensure that they provide long term containment. In any rehabilitation plan, particular attention should be given to tailings D and to the Konoplyanka River, which is acting as a conduit for the transfer of pollutants from the tailings impoundment into the Dnieper River.

(18)Current and future operations need to be carried out in accordance with an environmental plan that includes funding provisions

to ensure progressive rehabilitation of closed mines, dumps and other facilities.

11.4. GENERAL

(19)Existing laws, regulations and guidelines should be reviewed and revised:

(i)To ensure that radiation safety provisions are consistent within the region and compliant with the latest international standards;

(ii)To apply risk assessment methodologies to account for radioactive, chemical and biological contamination.

(20)More detailed impact analysis of actual and potential hot spots should be undertaken within the framework of a specialized project.

(21)Monitoring of the environmental radioactive contamination in the Dnieper River basin should be improved and harmonized among Belarus, the Russian Federation and Ukraine.

(22)Scientific research that contributes to the assessment, understanding and solution of radiological problems in the Dnieper River basin should be supported.

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