Nbsp   What are the observed health effects of the Chornobyl accident?

A. CANDU Technology B. The Industry C.

Cost/Benefit D. Safety/Liability E. Waste F.

Security/Non-Proliferation G. Uranium H. Research Reactors I.

Other R&D J. Further Info On April 26, 1986, the Unit 4 reactor at Chornobyl, near Kiev in the Ukraine, suffered the worst nuclear accident in history. A combination of poor design, nonexistent safety culture, and human error lead to an uncontrolled power increase that destroyed the core and dispersed radioactive contamination over a wide region of the Ukraine and Byelorussia.

See the IAEA's summary marking the 20th anniversary in 2006: "Revisiting Chernobyl: 20 Years Later", as well as the World Nuclear Association's summary at www.world-nuclear.org/info/chernobyl/inf07.htm. While the Chornobyl accident has little relevance to nuclear safety in CANDU and most other Western nuclear power plants (see related FAQ), the wide-spread nature of its environmental consequences and its generally high profile around the world ... more.

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