After a confluence of factors triggered the Chernobyl disaster, the Soviet government initially downplayed the scale of the event and stifled communication that could expose damages. With the land still inhabitable for at least 20,000 years, there is concern that modern autocratic regimes that are pursuing nuclear programmes will repeat the same mistakes.
This special issue of the journal Process Safety and Environmental Protection (Volume 112, Part A, Pages 1-198, November 2017) includes ten closing papers from the Management of Nuclear Risk: Environmental, Financial and Safety project (NREFS) on Coping
The purpose of the CHARP review is for the IFRC to build its understanding of and capacity to best support its work towards preparing for and responding to nuclear and radiological accidents, as well as other technological disasters. The review aims to:
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This technical report explains the organization and implementation of the project on the Radiological Consequences in the USSR of the Chernobyl Accident: Assessment of Health and Environmental Effects and Evaluation of Protective Measures (International
This paper examines the role of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR) in relation to technological disasters such as the Chernobyl accident in 1986. The authors highlight the importance of improving the scientific and public
'When humans are removed, nature flourishes - even in the wake of the world's worst nuclear accident,' said Jim Smith, a specialist in earth and environmental sciences at Britain's University of Portsmouth. 'It's very likely that wildlife numbers at Chernobyl are now much higher than they were before the accident'...
