Publication Laka-library:
The Chernobyl Catastrophe. Consequences on Human Health (2006)
| Author | Greenpeace Int. |
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| Date | April 2006 |
| Classification | 2.34.8.11/32 (CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT - CONSEQUENCES SURROUNDINGS - MEDICAL & MUTATIONS) |
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From the publication:
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The 20th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster in 2006 is largely marked by a critical need for continued study of the far-reaching consequences of this serious event. Twenty years ago, the term 'peaceful atom' disappeared in the dark cloud above the burning nuclear reactor number four of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the former Soviet Union. The most significant and wide-ranging technological catastrophe in the history of humankind occurred in a small Ukrainian town on the Pripyat river. Overnight, the name of Chernobyl became known to the whole world. Twenty years later, several million people (by various estimates, from 5 to 8 million) still reside in areas that will remain highly contaminated by Chernobyl's radioactive pollution for many years to come. Since the half-life of the major (though far from the only) radioactive element released, caesium-137 (137Cs), is a little over 30 years, the radiological (and hence health) consequences of this nuclear accident will continue to be experienced for centuries to come.
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