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Article: Chernobyl's lengthening shadow. (long term public health impact of nuclear accident)
- Article from:
- Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
- Article date:
- September 1, 1993
- Author:
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The nuclear disaster at Chernobyl has been the subject of books, articles, dramas, and films. The April 26, 1986, accident spurred protest movements and jump-started political parties, new government agencies, and charitable institutions. It was also regarded as a key factor in the development of glasnost in Mikhail Gorbachev's Soviet Union. But after millions of words, there is no agreement on the ultimate outcome of the event.
The collapse of the Soviet Union and the formation of independent states has further complicated the issue - the new governments are unable to meet the myriad costs of the accident and have only recently begun to coordinate their actions. ...