Chernobyl nuclear-meltdown consequences

Conservation consequences of Chernobyl and other nuclear accidents

The explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant on 26 April 1986 released vast amounts of radioactive material over an area of 200,000 km in eastern and central Europe, affecting all living organisms. The biological impacts including the conservation consequences of this event are still poorly known even 25 years after the disaster. Here we assess the effects of this environmental disaster f...

Unfounded statements tending to overestimate Chernobyl consequences.

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...

Chernobyl, 10 years after: health consequences.

On April 26, 1986, reactor no. 4 at the Chernobyl (Ukraine) nuclear power plant exploded. Over the next 10 days, considerable quantities of radionuclides were discharged into the atmosphere (table 1). The passage of the radioactive cloud over Europe led to varying degrees of contamination according to region (figures 1 and 2); the most contaminated regions were in southern Belarus, northern Ukr...

The Chernobyl accident and its consequences.

The accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant was the worst industrial accident of the last century that involved radiation. The unprecedented release of multiple different radioisotopes led to radioactive contamination of large areas surrounding the accident site. The exposure of the residents of these areas was varied and therefore the consequences for health and radioecology could not be...