In 1998 an agreement with the U.S. provided for the establishment of an international radioecology laboratory inside the exclusion zone.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chernobyl, Ukraine] Reference

The two nations also announced that: (1) they will establish an international radioecology laboratory in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone to study radiation effects and the movement of radionuclides in the environment; and (2) they have signed a five-year extension of the U.S.    From Wordnik.com.  [Vp Tours Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant] Reference

Then I switched to radioecology.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wolves Eat Dogs]