Chernobyl

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The V. I. Lenin Power Station is located at Chernobyl, about 30 km from Kiev in the Ukraine. This region, part of the former Soviet Union in Eastern Europe, became known to the world by the accident of April 25, 1986. This accident was the world's worst nuclear accident, and has made thousands of square kilometers uninhabitable.

The websites, linked by the highlighted entries below, provide an introduction to many aspects of this event. Read carefully. There are examples of faulty or misleading arguments, and selective presentation of facts displayed in many of the sources. Also note that many of the sites have links to other useful sources of related information.

LIBRARY RESOURCES

  • Chernobyl BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES
    Books and government reports, NOT ONLINE MATERIALS
     

    BACKGROUND AND OVERVIEW

  • Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster
    Information about the accident: causes, sequence of events, health consequences, and social, economic, political and environmental consequences.
    http://www.chernobyl.co.uk/
  • Chornobyl Information Center
    Pictures, articles, other links. (Slow)
    http://www.ic-chernobyl.kiev.ua
    CHECK HERE FOR INFORMATION FROM APRIL 18-20 2001 CONFERENCE
    "CHERNOBYL 15 YEARS AFTER, THE LESSONS LEARNED"

    MORE WEB SITES

    1. Chernobyl - the accident
      Bellona Foundation fact sheets. (Russian site in English)
      http://steam.stanford.edu/jmc/progress/chernobyl.html
    2. Chernobyl 10 years After
      Radiological and Health Impact: An Assessment by the NEA Committee on Radiation Protection and Public Health, OECD Nuclear Energy Agency.
      http://www.nea.fr/html/rp/chernobyl/chernobyl.html
    3. Chernobyl Conference Page
      "One Decade After Chernobyl: Summing up the Consequences of the Accident." 1996 conference was sponsored by IAEA.
      http://www.iaea.or.at/worldatom/thisweek/preview/chernobyl/
    4. Chornobyl Initiatives
      U.S. Dept. of Energy (DOE) program activities related to Chornobyl. Comprehensive information resource on Chernobyl.
      http://insp.pnl.gov:2080/?chorninit/chorninit
    5. Ekor Foam White papers
      Information compiled independently about Ekor Foam, a poly-organic material proposed for use at Chernobyl to isolate radioactive waste.
      http://www.linuxweb.com/ekor/
    6. Spelling Chornobyl (Chernobyl)
      Chernobyl is the Russian spelling, while Chornobyl is the Ukrainian spelling.
      http://insp.pnl.gov:2080/?chorninit/spelling
    7. International Chernobyl Project, 1990-91
      Assessment of Radiological Consequences and Evaluation of Protective Measures
      http://www.iaea.org/worldatom/inforesource/other/chernobook/index.html
    8. Chernobyl: A Nuclear Disaster
      "It seemed as if the world was coming to an end. . . . I could not believe my eyes; I saw the reactor ruined by the explosion. I was the first
      http://library.advanced.org/17823/data/chernobyl.html
    9. Chernobyl disaster
      Chernobyl accident was the worst accident in the history of nuclear energy, worse than all others put together.
      http://steam.stanford.edu/jmc/progress/chernobyl.html
    10. Chernobyl - The Accident and Progress Since 1986
      Since the disaster at Chernobyl in 1986, the causes of the accident have been examined in great detail, the consequences have been studied by many organizations ...
      http://www.uilondon.org/chernidx.htm
    11. Officials acknowledge new Chernobyl accident, four months later
      Problem with Chernobyl Unit 1 (Unit 4 destroyed April 26, 1986)
      http://www1.nando.net/newsroom/ntn/health/030896/health8_20409.html
    12. Chernobyl: A Matter of Risk
      Chapter 5 excerpted from: NUCLEAR RENEWAL, by Richard Rhodes, Penguin Books, NY 1993
      http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/reaction/readings/chernobyl.html
    13. Chernobyl 10 Years After
      Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Reports on aftermath of Chernobyl.
      http://www.rferl.org/nca/special/chernobyl/index.html
    14. Chernobyl Nuclear Accident and its Ramifications
      Very thorough account. Ukraine History, Detailed critique of accident event sequence, links to bibliographies, other resources.
      http://www.infoukes.com/history/chornobyl/
    15. Chernobyl: Ten Years After. Causes, Consequences, Solutions.
      Chernobyl: 3rd Version - April 1996. Introduction. The Chernobyl disaster has been described as `the greatest technical catastrophe in human history
      http://www.greenpeace.org/~comms/nukes/chernob/read25.html
    16. Chernobyl: Status April 1997
      Chernobyl: Introduction.
      http://www.greenpeace.org/~comms/97/nuclear/reactor/chern11.html
    17. Chernobyl
      Brief description of V.I. Lenin power station at Chernobyl, plus several secret construction reports dealing with flaws.
      http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/SDG/Experimental/soviet.exhibit/chernobyl.html
    18. Chernobyl Animals Highly Contaminated But Undeformed
      U. Georgia researcher find high level of contamination in wildlife
      http://www.eurekalert.org/releases/chrnbyl-animal.html
    19. Experts link Chernobyl to sharp rise in thyroid cancers
      Reuters report from Vienna, April 9, 1996
      http://somerset.nando.net/newsroom/ntn/health/040996/health14_14873.html


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