Under Prof. Michael Zgurovsky's coordination the project of assessment of technogenic impacts using the methods of mathematical modeling of environmental dynamics, hydrometeorological and hydrodynamic processes, pollutant dispersion is provided.

The project's goal is to assess the consequences of military actions in Ukraine, drawing on team's experience since 1986, including modeling contamination of Ukrainian water systems after the Chornobyl NPP accident and developing the Hydrological Dispersion Module of the EC-funded Decision Support System (DSS) for Offsite Radiation Emergency Management RODOS. The world-class methods were needed in Japan after the Fukushima Daiichi accident. Their appeal on the environmental impact of the russian army in Ukraine was published in "Science" magazine.

The WDC-supported work on the coordinated use of EC DSS RODOS and Japanese DSS wSpeedi for radiation fallout modeling was highlighted in top Japanese media (http://surl.li/srbns and http://surl.li/srbpb), aiding Ukrainian radiation safety authorities. The predictions based on the hydraulic model of the consequences of the Kakhovka dam break, presented to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine on 02.02.2023, were confirmed by monitoring and satellite image data. The team’s efforts to develop a new method for environmental damage assessment were recognized by TIME magazine and Ukrainian officials.