| In the Slavgorod District, radionuclide accumulation in food is measured by the District Centre of Hygiene and Epidemiology. It is necessary to reinstate the local centre of radiation control in the villages of Svensk and Gaishin to inform local people about the 137Cs accumulation in food products. At present, the fixed WBC installation in Slavgorod is beyond repair, a mobile one is not available. The 'Belrad' Institute takes measurements of 137Cs accumulation in children's bodies. Their 2002 data suggests that the maximum level of radionuclide accumulation in the village of Svensk is 99.5 Bq/kg, the total exposure dose in the vulnerable group of the village of Svensk is 0.6 mSv/year. In May 2002, children of secondary school ¹1 in Slavgorod were examined. The examination found that about half of them have internal cesium contamination levels up to 20 Bq/kg (up to 0.1 mSv/year). However, nearly 6% have contamination levels over 100 Bq/kg (0.5 mSv/year). One child was found to have 225,84 Bq/kg (over 1 mSv/year). It is necessary to use WBC to measure 137Cs accumulation in children's bodies in the village of Kamenka and the village of Gaishin. In accordance with the concept of radiation protection, the level of 137Cs accumulation in children's bodies (over 20 Bq/kg) signals measures to be swiftly taken to reduce this level. All children subjected to WBC measurements have been given pectin food additive 'Vitapect'. Results of the previous examinations in the district hospital are communicated to the DCHE once a month. The DCHE investigates all cases of RDU non-compliance revealed through WBC measurements by taking samples for analysis of radiological quality of food products in each specific family. The results are transferred to rural councils and to families over the telephone. District Executive Committee and district hospital receive data on a quarterly basis. All non-compliant children are subject to obligatory examination at the National or Mogilev Radiation Medicine Centers and recuperative periods in the clinics of the National Institute of Clinical Research of Radiation Medicine and Epidemiology, DRRC or sanatoriums. | 
