Radio Moscow news bulletin on Chernobyl

Title

Radio Moscow news bulletin on Chernobyl

Genre

Interview; News bulletin

TX Date

9 May 1986

Year of production

1986

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Duration

00:04:34

Description

Radio Moscow world service news bulletin, read by Natalia Stefanova(?), focusing on the recent Chernobyl nuclear disaster. On the Politburo considering a report and making decisions on the aftermath of the disaster; Soviet television interview with Hans Blix, International Atomic Energy Agency; meeting of Ukrainian Prime Minister with foreign journalists; the West banning the import of Soviet commodities due to radiation fears; a Soviet scientist claiming the West is overreacting.

Contributors

Natalia Stefanova(?); Radio Moscow

Keywords

Health; USSR; International relations; Nuclear safety; Ukraine; Radiation effects; Chernobyl Nuclear Accident (1986); Nuclear disasters; International Atomic Energy Agency; Hans Blix

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