Chernobyl disaster-immediate aftermath in the USSR

Title

Chernobyl disaster-immediate aftermath in the USSR

Genre

News report

TX Date

Apr 1986

Year of production

1986

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Duration

00:02:17

Description

4 linked reports by Martin Walker from Moscow, USSR after the Chernobyl nuclear plant disaster. 1. Advice being given to British citizens in cities of the USSR 2. The investigation set up. 3. Death cloud drifting across USSR, evacuation of citizens, scientists having to man the other reactors. 4. Cordon set up around the nuclear power stations in Kiev and evacuation of citizens but not nuclear technicians.

Contributors

Martin Walker

Keywords

Deaths; Health; USSR; Nuclear energy; Nuclear power stations; Nuclear safety; Evacuation; Ukraine; Moscow; Radioactive pollution; Chernobyl Nuclear Accident (1986)

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