Contamination of reservoir banks in the Dnieper cascade as a result of the chernobyl accident

Information obtained on the contamination of the banks of the Dnieper cascade in expeditionary surveys during 1986–1987 and previously inaccessible to readers is presented. It is concluded on the basis of the experimental data on the actual contamination that there was no need for large-scale decontamination of the banks of the water reservoirs of the Dnieper cascade.