Directory of Chernobyl Accident Resources

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This category is for sites concerned with the nuclear accident that happened on April 26, 1986 in Chernobyl in the former USSR (now Ukraine).
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant located 80 miles north of Kiev had 4 reactors and whilst testing reactor number 4 numerous safety procedures were disregarded. At 01:23am the chain reaction in the reactor became out of control creating explosions and a fireball which blew off the reactor's heavy steel and concrete lid.
The Chernobyl accident killed more than 30 people immediately, and as a result of the high radiation levels in the surrounding 20-mile radius, 135'000 people had to be evacuated.

Resources in This Category

• 30 years on, Ukrainians remember victims of Chernobyl disaster

  http://www.reuters.com/article/us-chernobyl-anniversary-idUSKCN0XN008
  Ukraine held memorial services to mark the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.

• Chernobyl Accident

  http://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/safety-and-security/safety-of-plants/chernobyl-accident.aspx
  Information from the World Nuclear Association on the accident progression, the immediate and long term environmental and health effects, and on the insights. Includes contact information.

• Chernobyl After Perestroika - Reflections on a Recent Visit

  http://phe.rockefeller.edu/Chernobyl/
  Analysis from Technology in Society on the ways in which political change and economic deterioration have affected the handling of the consequences of the Chernobyl nuclear accident.

• Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster Revisited

  http://environmentalchemistry.com/yogi/hazmat/articles/chernobyl1.html
  Reflections on the accident and its impacts, focused on an encounter with an 11 years old survivor who puts a real face on the disaster in history. Includes links to related sites.

• Chernobyl, 30 Years Later

  https://fsrn.org/2016/04/slideshow-chernobyl-30-years-later/
  Slideshow and video from Filip Warwick who visited the abandoned town of Pripyat.

• Chernobyl: A disaster waiting to happen

  http://edition.cnn.com/WORLD/europe/9807/25/chernobyl/
  CNN article on the risk related to the concrete sarcophagus of the reactor.

• Chernobyl: A Nuclear Disaster

  http://digon_va.tripod.com/Chernobyl.htm
  Summary of the accident. Discusses effects of radiation on health, agriculture, economy and politics of the region.

• Chornobyl Nuclear Accident and its Ramifications

  http://www.infoukes.com/history/chornobyl/
  Collection of papers, studies and publications about the accident. Provides general and detailed accident information, reactor design analyses, maps, photos and bibliography.

• Chornobyl: Remembrance for the future

  http://ch20.org/
  Describes a conference which took place April 23-25, 2006 in Kiev for the 20th anniversary of the disaster.

• Facts About Chernobyl Disaster

  http://www.belarusguide.com/chernobyl1/chfacts.htm
  Collection of links and original documents, maps, images and data relating to the accident.

• FAO Committee on Agriculture

  http://www.fao.org/docrep/meeting/009/j4237e.htm
  Report of the Farming and Agricultural Organization on the effects of the Chernobyl accident on regional agriculture.

• NPR : 'Voices of Chernobyl': Survivors' Stories

  http://www.npr.org/2006/04/21/5355810/voices-of-chernobyl-survivors-stories
  The memories of those who survived Chernobyl were collected in the book "Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of the Nuclear Disaster" by Svetlana Alexievich. Here are some of their stories as read by actors. [8:39 streaming audio broadcast]

• NPR : At Chernobyl, Building a Shelter for a Shelter

  http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5356000
  The Chernobyl nuclear facility still contains some 200 tons of radioactive fuel, covered by a structure which is increasingly unstable. Engineers plan to build and then slide an enormous Quonset hut-shaped cover over the breached reactor at an estimated cost of 1 billion dollars. [3:43 streaming audio broadcast]

• One Decade after Chernobyl

  http://www.iaea.org/NewsCenter/Focus/Chernobyl/
  International conference sponsored by International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) summing up the consequences of the accident. Includes conference program, abstracts, press releases and contact information.

• Texas Tech University Chernobyl Page

  http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/chornobyl/Default.htm
  Conclusions of the Chernobyl Research Projects at Texas Tech University, including photos, publications on the effects of radiation on the animals surrounding Chornobyl, and contact information. [English, Ukrainian, Russian]

• Twenty Years After Chernobyl - MaisonBisson.com

  http://maisonbisson.com/post/11211/chernobyl-disaster-20-years-later/
  Summary of writings about the accident, with links to related content.

• Ukrainian Ministry of Emergencies

  http://www.mns.gov.ua/
  Administrative authority in the field of civil defense, population and territories protection, prevention and response to emergencies, in particular liquidation of the Chernobyl accident consequences. [Ukrainian, Russian, English]

• United Nations and Chernobyl

  http://chernobyl.undp.org/
  Programs and activities of United Nations to improve the conditions of the region. Includes program description, news and press releases. [Russian, English]

• Washingtonpost.com - Ukrainians Mark 20th Chernobyl Anniversary

  http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/25/AR2006042500983.html
  The 1986 Chernobyl explosion continues to scar this ex-Soviet republic 20 years later.

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