Chernobyl nuclear disaster

Title

Chernobyl nuclear disaster

Genre

News report

TX Date

May 1986

Year of production

1986

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Duration

00:05:23

Description

Report back to the studio after Western journalists spoke to the Ukrainian Prime Minister following the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. Describes the conflicting information being given by different sources particularly on health risks; the clean-up operation (including sand being dropped from the air); the evacuation of 92,000 people; the Prime Minister’s feelings about being in a contaminated area. Male correspondent not identified; female studio reporter not identified.

Contributors

None Identified

Keywords

Health; USSR; Prime ministers; Politicians; Nuclear safety; Evacuation; Nuclear power; Ukraine; Radiation effects; Chernobyl Nuclear Accident (1986); Nuclear disasters; Kiev; Information dissemination

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