Novozybkov Project

Follow these links to more information on the 1986 Chernobyl accident and the long-term impacts of this devastating nuclear accident.

2002 UN Report: Human Consequences of the Chernobyl Nuclear Accident: A strategy for Recovery (PDF 358K): This report contains the findings of a study conducted into the human consequences of the Chernobyl nuclear accident 15 years after the explosion. The mission explored the health, socio-economic and environmental effects of the accident and the events that followed.
Ten Years of the Chornobyl Era; by Yuri M. Shcherbak (PDF 52K): Although the persons on duty in Chernobyl's Reactor #4 were jailed for their role in the 1986 disaster, subsequent official investigations have shown that responsibility for this extraordinary tragedy reaches far beyond them. The consequences, likewise, spread far beyond the nuclear energy industry and raise fundamental questions for a technological civilization.

Chornobyl Ten Years Later—The Facts; Dr. David R. Marples: The lack of consensus on the effects of the Chornobyl disaster helps no one. It does not help the economically floundering governments of Ukraine and Belarus; it places a serious impediment on the work of charitable and humanitarian organizations; and the one-sided statements to the effect that morbidity and diseases may have causes other than Chornobyl; or that they are caused by "radiophobia"; detract from the prime need, which is to provide aid for a population facing an acute health crisis with inadequate resources.

http://www.chernobyl.info: The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) in partnership with the UN mounted this Portal as a clearinghouse for information about progress in post-Chernobyl Russia, Ukraine and Belorus as well as information about, and links to, the groups involved in bringing humanitarian aid to the region.
http://www.reliefweb.int/ocha_ol/programs/response/cherno/index.html: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. The OCHA mission is to mobilize and coordinate the collective efforts of the international community to meet the needs of those exposed to human suffering and material destruction in disasters and emergencies. The link above goes to the section of their website dealing with the Chernobyl disaster and contains a series of reports, press releases and conference notes relating to human impacts of radiation exposure and various recovery strategies.
The Chernobyl disaster: Its effect on Belarus and Ukraine; David Marples: Chapter 7 of the book, The long road to recovery: community responses to industrial disaster was written by David Marples, PhD, Professor of History and Classics at the University of Alberta, Canada. Dr. Marples has written extensively on nuclear and nuclear security issues, the Chernobyl accident and its aftermath, and on-going issues surrounding nuclear radiation in Belarus and Ukraine.

Chernobyl Kills and Cripples 14 Years After Blast: Reuters. April 21, 2000. [local link]
Medical Consequences of the Chernobyl Accident From the View of the United Nations vs Harsh Reality: Vladimir Shevchenko, Oleg Musij, Kiev, Ukraine; Ukrainian Ecological Association "Green world", Kiev Medical Society
September 2003. [local link]
The Impacts of the Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster on the Forest Vegetation of the Polissya Region of Ukraine: Dr. Mykolai Kaletnik, Director of Research, Ukrainian Ministry of Forestry, Kyyiv, Ukraine; et al.
Publication date unclear but >1993. [local link]

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