Soviet inquiry: Chernobyl accident is blamed on human error

Chernobyl Accident: Exposures and Effects

Burton Bennett, André Bouville, Per Hall, Mikhail Savkin, Hans Storm 1 United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation, Vienna International Centre, P.O. Box 500, A-1400 Vienna, Austria 2 National Cancer Institute, Radiation Epidemiology Branch, EPS-7094, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA 3 Department of Medical Epidemiology, Karolinska Institute, S-17177 Stockholm, Sweden 4 State ...

Stress in accident and post-accident management at Chernobyl∗

The effects of the Chernobyl nuclear accident on the psychology of the affected population have been much discussed. The psychological dimension has been advanced as a factor explaining the emergence, from 1990 onwards, of a post-accident crisis in the main CIS countries affected. This article presents the conclusions of a series of European studies, which focused on the consequences of the Che...

Lessons from Chernobyl post-accident management

Although severe nuclear accidents rarely happen, the world is now facing a second one with the accident of Fukushima after the one of Chernobyl. Such accidents show that the long-term management of their consequences is not straightforward. Compared to the situation prevailing before the accident, the new situation is much more complex. It is characterised by key issues which have to be taken i...

The silver anniversary of the Chernobyl accident

Reconsidering Health Consequences of the Chernobyl Accident

The Chernobyl accident led to major human suffering caused by the evacuation and other counter-measures. However, the direct health consequences of the accident-related radiation exposures, besides the acute effects and small number of thyroid cancers, have not been observed. This absence is challenged by some influential groups affecting public policies who claim that the true extent of radiog...