Chernobyl repercussions in the UK one year on

Title

Chernobyl repercussions in the UK one year on

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

Apr 1987

Year of production

1987

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Duration

00:03:16

Description

Report on the repercussions of the Chernobyl nuclear accident (26/04/86) on British farming and sheep meat one year on. Includes interview with Grant Meekings, head of Atomic Energy unit; Dr Barry Lambert, radiation expert at St Bartholomew’s Hospital. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Grant Meekings; Barry Lambert

Keywords

Agriculture; Farming; UK; USSR; Meat; Nuclear safety; Sheep; Radioactive pollution; Chernobyl Nuclear Accident (1986); Nuclear accidents

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