Chernobyl consequences of the catastrophe for people and the environment. Published by the new york academy of sciences isbn 9781573317573 9 7 8 1 5 7 3 3 1 7 5 7 3. Svetlana alexiyevich writer from belarus in august 1986, four months after the chernobyl disaster, morris rosen, head of the division of nuclear safety of the vienna based international atomic energy agency iaea, declared. The forums report considering the health effects of the chernobyl accident is being published by the who. Even if there was a chernobyl type accident every year, i would still consider nuclear power an interesting. One of the few publications before 1986, in the december 1983 issue of the ger. Chernobyl accident and its consequences november 2008 key facts the 1986 accident at the chernobyl nuclear power plant in ukraine, then part of the former soviet union, is the only accident in the history of commercial nuclear power to cause fatalities from radiation.
This report presents the findings and recommendations of the chernobyl forum concerning the environmental effects of the chernobyl accident. Another 220 000 people were relocated in subsequent years. Pdf voices from chernobyl download full pdf book download. The full impact of the chernobyl disaster may never be known. On 26 april 1986 at 0123 hours local time an accident occurred at. Scientific facts on the chernobyl nuclear accident author. Polonia, inmediatamente adyacente a belarus y ucrania. It was the product of a severely flawed sovietera reactor design combined. Radiological assessment reports series environmental. The mission explored the health, socioeconomic and environmental effects of the accident and the events that. The design of the chernobyl reactor resulted in a very rapid increase in power after the water used to cool the core was lost.
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