Chernobyl’s Legacy:
Health, Environmental and Socio-Economic Impacts and Recommendations to the Governments of Belarus, the Russian Federation and Ukraine

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25 Apr (NucNet): NucNet’s Chernobyl Fact File, originally published in February 2006, has been updated ahead of the 20^th anniversary of the Chernobyl accident, which took place on 26 April 1986.

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WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
The Cancer Burden from Chernobyl in Europe

Study purpose: To evaluate the human cancer burden from radioactive fallout from the Chernobyl accident in Europe as a whole.

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On April 26, 1986, reactor number 4 in Chernobyl exploded. It is regarded as the worst accident in the history of the peaceful use of nuclear energy. Today, 20 years later, the causes as well as the
consequences have been thoroughly studied and many lessons have been learned from the results.

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As the world recalls the Chernobyl accident twenty years ago, this report aims to provide a brief description of the facts surrounding the Chernobyl accident (known and assumed), to examine its possible causes and to provide answers to commonly asked questions on issues like health, social and socio-political impacts, environmental considerations etc. It also draws some conclusions on the current state of affairs twenty years after an event that troubled man’s collective conscience.

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