Chernobyl disaster

Title

Chernobyl disaster

Genre

Press conference

TX Date

30 Apr 1986

Year of production

1986

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Duration

00:03:13

Description

In the aftermath of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster, Soviet ambassador to Britain Leonid Zamyatin speaks to press describing the measures taken to stabilise the area, denies that thousands were killed by the accident and on informing Margaret Thatcher of the disaster.

Contributors

Leonid Zamyatin

Keywords

Deaths; Margaret Thatcher; UK; USSR; Nuclear energy; Nuclear power stations; Nuclear safety; Ukraine; Radioactive pollution; Chernobyl Nuclear Accident (1986); Radiation monitoring

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