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Reasessing nuclear power. The fall-out from Chernobyl (1987)

Auteur	C.Flavin
Datum	maart 1987
Classificatie	2.34.8.30/01 (TSJERNOBYL - GEVOLGEN REST EUROPA - ALGEMEEN)
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Introduction

When the Chernobyl nuclear plant exploded on April 26, 1986, the resulting 
conflagration engulfed more than a Soviet reactor. A few days later, much of Europe 
was experiencing the highest levels of radioactive fallout ever recorded there, and 
within two weeks, minor radioactivity was detected throughout the northern 
hemisphere. But the political fallout from Chernobyl will be its lasting legacy. Since 
the accident the pro-nuclear consensus has collapsed in country after country, and the
future of nuclear power, already hanging by a thread in some nations, is now in 
greater jeopardy than ever.

Chernobyl is the world's most serious nuclear power accident so far. The direct costs 
include 1,000 immediate injuries, 31 deaths, 135,000 people evacuated from their 
homes in the Ukraine, and at least $3 billion in financial losses. But the long-term 
implications are far more troubling and uncertain. It may not be Possible simply to 
"remove the consequences of the accident, " as Soviet officials put it. The health of 
people and of the environment in the Ukraine and throughout Europe could be 
affected for decades. Estimates of resulting cancer deaths by researchers in the field 
range from less than 1,000 to almost 500,000.

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