By the late 20th century mankind technological activities became a significant factor affecting the environment. For the last few decades, thermal, chemical, radioactive and other types of environmental contamination have been a focus of specialists' attention and are a valid cause for concern, and sometimes for alarm, of the general public. Many predictions show that in the 21st century the environmental protection will become one of the most significant problems for the majority of the industrialized countries. In a situation like this, an established efficient wide-ranging network for monitoring the environmental conditions, especially in large cities and around environmentally hazardous facilities, could become an important element in providing environmental safety and a keystone of a stable development of society. Automatic station for environmental monitoring outfitted with equipment for monitoring atmospheric pollution with noxious gases, radioactive substances, dust, as well as for measuring weather parameters will become the key elements of such a network. Prototypes for various designs of such stations were developed, manufactured and field-tested at S.P. Korolev RSC Energia.

Automatic stations for environmental monitoring systems undergoing operational tests at S.P. Korolev RSC Energia
	In the foreground - automatic station for environmental monitoring of noxious gases in the atmosphere. In the background - automatic radiation environmental station for monitoring atmospheric pollution with radioactive substances and dust.

The experience gained by our Corporation during the development of automatic environmental and radiation monitoring stations, a system for satellite communications and broadcasting based on Yamal-type geostationary satellites, systems for data acquisition, storage, processing, analysis, display and transmission to users, allows us to develop systems for radiation and environment monitoring (including monitoring of atmospheric gas composition) , as well as systems for monitoring and controlling remote facilities of the power grid, of the Ministry of Russian Federation for Atomic Power, of the oil and gas industry and pipeline transportation, to introduce automatic stations for environmental and radiation control into the environmental monitoring systems in Russia (Moscow, Moscow region, Korolev, Norilsk) and abroad.
The use of automatic stations for continuous monitoring takes environmental monitoring to a new qualitative level. Continuous documenting of atmospheric condition in industrial sites, local high-risk areas (firing ranges, storehouses for radioactive or chemical substances, etc.) allows to objectively evaluate their impact on environmental pollution. Besides, continuous environmental monitoring allows to predict an occurrence of a dangerous situation and detect it at the very beginning, which, in its turn, allows enough time to make correct management decisions in production process and to counteract emergencies, to save human health and life.

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