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As a result of the catastrophe at the [[Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant|Chernobyl nuclear power plant]] on 26 April 1986, Gomel suffered [[radioactive contamination]]. This significantly worsened both the ecological situation and the socio-economic crisis that had struck the [[Soviet Union|USSR]] in the late 1980s. It caused a sharp decline in living standards and a gradual depopulation that lasted until the early 21st century.
 
At the beginning of the 21st century, a scientific centre and practice for radiation medicine and human ecology was built in Gomel to overcome and study the consequences of the catastrophe at Chernobyl. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160606185834/http://www.rcrm.by/english/main.html]
 
The development of radiological dose values varies between individual villages in severely contaminated regions, depending on the surroundings and the economic orientation. In general, life is possible in these areas today, even in some parts of formerly closed-off zones, if appropriate behavioural rules are observed.<ref>Petro Zoriy, Herbert Dederichs, Jürgen Pillath, Burkhard Heuel-Fabianek, Peter Hill, Reinhard Lennartz: [https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Burkhard_Heuel-Fabianek/publication/311846655_Long-Term_Measurements_of_the_Radiation_Exposure_of_the_Inhabitants_of_Radioactively_Contaminated_Regions_of_Belarus_-_The_Korma_Report_II_1998_-_2015/links/585d2ecd08ae329d61f68de7.pdf ''Long-Term Measurements of the Radiation Exposure of the Inhabitants of Radioactively Contaminated Regions of Belarus – The Korma Report II (1998 – 2015)''] Verlag [[Forschungszentrum Jülich]] 2016, {{ISBN|978-3-95806-181-1}}. PDF, 10,6 MB</ref>