Chernobyl accident Chernobyl accident Adi Roche (b. 1955) is a campaigner for peace, humanitarian aid, and education. Born in Clonmel, Ireland, and now living in Cork. ...more on Wikipedia about "Adi Roche"
Bellesrad (Беллесрад) is short name for the State Institution for Radiation Monitoring and Radiation Safety (Государственное учреждение радиационного контроля и радиационной безопасности «Беллесрад») of the Republic of Belarus. It is subordinated to the State Forestry Committee of the Council of Ministers of Republic of Belarus. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bellesrad"
Chernobyl ( Ukrainian: Chornobyl (Чорно́биль), Russian Chernobyl (Черно́быль) is a city in northern Ukraine, near the border with Belarus ( ). It was a major communications node and important centre of trade and commerce, especially in the 19th century. The city is located 14.5 kilometers (9 miles) south by south-east of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, which is notorious for the Chernobyl accident. The plant exploded on 26 April 1986; clouds of radioactive particles were released, and the severely damaged containment vessel started leaking radioactive matter. More than 100,000 people were evacuated from the city and other affected areas. Despite the fact that radiation is still being emitted from the nuclear disaster site, the 800-year-old city of Chernobyl survives, although barely. As of 2004, government workers still police the zone, trying to clean up radioactive material. Hundreds of people — mostly the elderly — have decided to live with the dangers and have returned to their homes in the zones' towns and villages. Their population was highest in 1987, when there were more than 1200 people. In 2003, there were about 300. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chernobyl"
The Chernobyl accident occurred on April 26, 1986, at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant (originally named after Vladimir Lenin) in Ukraine (then part of the Soviet Union). It is regarded as the worst accident in the history of nuclear power, producing (due to a lack of a full containment building) a plume of radioactive debris that drifted over parts of the western Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, UK, and eastern US. Large areas of Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia were badly contaminated, resulting in the evacuation and resettlement of roughly 200,000 people. About 60% of the radioactive fallout landed in Belarus. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chernobyl accident"
The Chernobyl Shelter Fund (CSF) was set up in December 1997 with the purpose of funding the Shelter Implementation Plan (SIP). The main objective of the SIP, developed in a co-operative effort between the European Union, the United States and Ukraine, is to protect the personnel, population and environment from the threat of the huge radioactive inventory of the Chernobyl Unit 4 Shelter. At the end of the eight to nine year project, estimated to cost US$ 768 million, the Shelter will be transformed into a stable and environmentally safe system for an estimated 100 years. The most visible aspect of this transformation will be the construction of the New Safe Confinement. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) was entrusted with managing the CSF. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chernobyl Shelter Fund"
Chernobyl2020 is an exhibition to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Chernobyl melt down in 1986. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chernobyl2020"
Elena (Lena) Filatova ( Russian: Елена Филатова, born 1974) is a Ukrainian motorcyclist who gained Internet fame in 2004 under the nickname KiddOfSpeed after her web site was mentioned at Slashdot ** and other online news sources. ...more on Wikipedia about "Elena Filatova"
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Igor Kostin was one of the first photographers to take pictures of the Chernobyl nuclear accident ( Ukraine). He has taken many images, used widely around the world, which show the devastation of the accident, as well as the ongoing problems with contamination suffered by humans and animals. His photos reportedly include those of the many animals born with deformities in the Chernobyl area. ...more on Wikipedia about "Igor Kostin"
Klimavičy ( ; ) is a city in Mahiloŭ Province, Belarus, a raion center. It is located 124 km west from Mahiloŭ on the bank of Kalinica river. ...more on Wikipedia about "Klimavičy"
The New Safe Confinement (NSC or New Shelter) is the containment structure developed as part of the Shelter Implementation Plan funded by the Chernobyl Shelter Fund, intended to contain the radioactive remains of Chernobyl Unit 4 for the next 100 years. This structure is intended to replace the present shelter, also known as the sarcophagus or Object Shelter, that was hastily constructed in 1986. ...more on Wikipedia about "New Safe Confinement"
The Pripyat River ( ; ; ) is a river in Eastern Europe, of approximately 710 km (441 mi.) length. It flows west through Ukraine, Belarus, and Ukraine again, draining into the Dnieper. ...more on Wikipedia about "Pripyat River"
Prypiat is an abandoned city in northern Ukraine, near the border of Belarus. It was home to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, site of the worst nuclear reactor accident in history. ( ; ; ) ...more on Wikipedia about "Prypiat, Ukraine"
The Shelter Implementation Plan (SIP) was developed developed in a co-operative effort between the European Union, the United States and Ukraine, is to protect the personnel, population and environment from the threat of the huge radioactive inventory of the Chernobyl Unit 4 Shelter. At the end of the eight to nine year project, estimated to cost US$ 768 million, the Shelter will be transformed into a stable and environmentally safe system for an estimated 100 years. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) was entrusted with managing the Chernobyl Shelter Fund. Inital estimates placed the completion date in 2005, but no information is readily availible as to the status of the project. ...more on Wikipedia about "Shelter Implementation Plan"
Yuri Bandazhevsky, born on January 9 1957 in Belarus, former director of the Medical Institute in Gomel (Belarus) was a scientist working on sanitary consequences of the Chernobyl accident. ...more on Wikipedia about "Yuri Bandazhevsky"
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The Zone of Alienation, which is often referred to as The Chernobyl Zone, The 30 Kilometre Zone, The Zone of Exclusion or The Fourth Zone ( Ukrainian official designation: Зона відчуження Чорнобильської АЕС, zona vidchuzhennya Chornobyl's'koyi AES, colloquially: Чорнобильська зона, Chornobyl's'ka zona оr Четверта зона, Chetverta zona) is the 30-km exclusion zone around the site of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor accident. Administratively, it includes northernmost parts of Kyivs'ka oblast' and Zhytomyrs'ka oblast' of Ukraine, and adjoins the country's border with Belarus. ...more on Wikipedia about "Zone of alienation"
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