List of Chernobyl-related articles
Encyclopedia
General
- Chernobyl after the disasterChernobyl after the disasterThe Chernobyl disaster, Chornobylʹsʹka katastrofa, was a nuclear accident that occurred on 26 April 1986 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic , now in Ukraine....
- Chernobyl compared to other radioactivity releasesChernobyl compared to other radioactivity releasesThis article compares the radioactivity release and decay from the Chernobyl disaster with various other events which involved a release of uncontrolled radioactivity.-Chernobyl compared to background radiation:...
- Chernobyl disasterChernobyl disasterThe Chernobyl disaster was a nuclear accident that occurred on 26 April 1986 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine , which was under the direct jurisdiction of the central authorities in Moscow...
- Chernobyl disaster effectsChernobyl disaster effectsThe Chernobyl disaster triggered the release of substantial amounts of radiation into the atmosphere in the form of both particulate and gaseous radioisotopes. It is the most significant unintentional release of radiation into the environment to date...
- Chernobyl necklaceChernobyl necklaceChernobyl necklace is a horizontal scar left on the base of the neck after a surgery to remove a malignant thyroid gland caused by radiation poisoning...
- Chernobyl Nuclear Power PlantChernobyl Nuclear Power PlantThe Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant or Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant is a decommissioned nuclear power station near the city of Pripyat, Ukraine, northwest of the city of Chernobyl, from the Ukraine–Belarus border, and about north of Kiev. Reactor 4 was the site of the Chernobyl disaster in...
- Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant sarcophagusChernobyl Nuclear Power Plant sarcophagusThe Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant sarcophagus or stone coffin is a massive concrete envelope surrounding the nuclear reactor unit 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. It is designed to halt the release of radiation into the atmosphere following the Chernobyl disaster on April 26, 1986 and encase...
- Chernobyl WayChernobyl WayChernobyl Way is an annual rally run on April 26 by the opposition in Belarus as a remembrance of the Chernobyl disaster.The first time it was run in 1989 with demands of urgent efforts in eliminating the consequeces of the catastrophe....
- ChernobyliteChernobyliteChernobylite is a technogenic mineral, a crystalline zirconium silicate with high content of uranium as a solid solution. It is black and yellow. It was discovered in the corium produced in the Chernobyl accident, a lava-like glassy material formed in a nuclear meltdown of a reactor core...
- Cultural impact of the Chernobyl disaster
- Deaths due to the Chernobyl disasterDeaths due to the Chernobyl disasterThe Chernobyl disaster , was a nuclear accident that occurred on 26 April 1986 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant In the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic , now in Ukraine...
- Individual involvement in the Chernobyl disasterIndividual involvement in the Chernobyl disasterThe Chernobyl disaster, Chornobylʹsʹka katastrofa, was a nuclear accident that occurred on 26 April 1986 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic , now in Ukraine...
- New Safe ConfinementNew Safe ConfinementThe New Safe Confinement is the structure intended to contain the nuclear reactor at Chernobyl, Ukraine, part of which was destroyed by the Chernobyl disaster in 1986. The idea is to prevent the reactor wreck from leaking radioactive material into the environment...
- RadiophobiaRadiophobiaRadiophobia is an abnormal fear of ionizing radiation, in particular, fear of X-rays. The term is also used in a non-medical sense to refer to general opposition to the use of nuclear energy....
Documents and media
- Chernobyl HeartChernobyl HeartChernobyl Heart is a 2003 documentary film by Maryann DeLeo. The film won the Best Documentary Short Subject award at the 2004 Academy Awards....
- Chernobyl: Consequences of the Catastrophe for People and the EnvironmentChernobyl: Consequences of the Catastrophe for People and the EnvironmentChernobyl: Consequences of the Catastrophe for People and the Environment is a translation of a 2007 Russian publication by Alexey V. Yablokov, Vassily B. Nesterenko, and Alexey V. Nesterenko...
- Shelter Implementation PlanShelter Implementation PlanThe Shelter Implementation Plan was developed in a cooperative effort among the European Union, the United States and Ukraine to protect the personnel, population and environment from the threat of the huge radioactive inventory of the Chernobyl Unit 4 Shelter...
- TORCH reportTORCH reportThe TORCH report was requested by the European Greens in 2006, for the twentieth anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster, in reply to the 2006 report of the Chernobyl Forum which was criticized by some advocacy organizations opposed to nuclear energy such as Greenpeace.In 2006, German Green Member...
- The Truth About ChernobylThe Truth About ChernobylThe Truth About Chernobyl is a 1991 book by Grigori Medvedev. Medvedev served as deputy chief engineer at the No. 1 reactor unit of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the 1970s. At the time of the Chernobyl disaster in 1986, Medvedev was deputy director of the main industrial department in the...
- Ukrainian National Chernobyl MuseumUkrainian National Chernobyl MuseumThe Ukrainian National Chernobyl Museum is a museum dedicated to the Chernobyl disaster. The museum is located in the city of Kiev, Ukraine....
- Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear DisasterVoices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear DisasterVoices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster is a 2005 book by Svetlana Alexievich. Alexievich was a journalist living in Minsk, the capital of Belarus, at the time of the Chernobyl disaster...
- White HorseWhite Horse (film)White Horse is a short documentary by filmmakers Maryann DeLeo and Christophe Bisson that features a man returning to his Ukraine home for the first time in twenty years. Evacuated from the city of Pripyat, Ukraine in 1986 due to the Chernobyl disaster, he has not returned since then...
- Wolves Eat DogsWolves Eat DogsWolves Eat Dogs is a crime novel by Martin Cruz Smith, set in Russia and Ukraine in the year 2004. It is the fifth novel to feature Investigator Arkady Renko, and the first set during the new independent era.-Plot:...
, by Martin Cruz Smith, a fictional account of life in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone
Geography
- Chernobyl (city), abandoned city
- Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Exclusion Zone, also known as the Zone of Alienation
- Kopachi, abandoned village
- Poliske, abandoned town
- Prypiat, abandoned city
- Red ForestRed ForestThe Red Forest , formerly the Worm Wood Forest, refers to the trees in the 10 km² surrounding the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. The name 'Red Forest' comes from the ginger-brown colour of the pine trees after they died following the absorption of high levels of radiation from the Chernobyl...
- Slavutich, city established in 1986 after the disaster
Organizations
- BellesradBellesradBellesrad is short name for the State Institution for Radiation Monitoring and Radiation Safety of the Republic of Belarus. It is subordinated to the State Forestry Committee of the Council of Ministers of Republic of Belarus...
- Chernobyl Children's Project InternationalChernobyl Children's Project InternationalChernobyl Children's Project International is a United Nations-accredited international development, medical, and humanitarian organization that works with children, families and communities that continue to be affected by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster of 1986.- Purpose :The organization was...
- Chernobyl ForumChernobyl ForumThe Chernobyl Forum is the name of a group of UN agencies, founded on 3–5 February 2003 at the IAEA Headquarters in Vienna, to scientifically assess the health effects and environmental consequences of the Chernobyl accident and to issue factual, authoritative reports on its environmental...
- Chernobyl Recovery and Development Programme
- Chernobyl Shelter FundChernobyl Shelter FundThe Chernobyl Shelter Fund was set up in December 1997 with the purpose of funding the Shelter Implementation Plan . The main objective of the SIP, developed in a co-operative effort between the European Union, the United States and Ukraine, is to protect the personnel, population and environment...
- Commission for Independent Research and Information on Radioactivity
- Friends of Chernobyl's ChildrenFriends of Chernobyl's ChildrenFriends of Chernobyl's Children is a charity founded in 1995 that brings children, who are at risk, from Belarus to the United Kingdom for a month every year. The charity is named after the Chernobyl disaster of 1986...
- List of Chernobyl-related charities
People
- Alexander AkimovAlexander AkimovAleksandr Fyodorovich Akimov was the shift supervisor of the night crew that worked at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Unit #4 on the night of the accident, April 26, 1986. He opposed conducting the test in such conditions of the reactor, but was ordered to continue by his superior...
, block 4 shift leader - Yury Bandazhevsky, Belarusian scientist who was jailed 4 years possibly because of his investigations on Chernobyl's consequences
- Anatoly DyatlovAnatoly DyatlovAnatoly Stepanovich Dyatlov was the vice chief engineer of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, and the supervisor of the fatal experiment which resulted in the Chernobyl disaster....
, plant vice chief engineer, the experiment supervisor - Elena FilatovaElena FilatovaElena Vladimirovna Filatova is a Ukrainian motorcyclist and photographer who uses the online nickname "KiddOfSpeed". Her website, containing a photo-essay of her purported solo motorcycle rides through Chernobyl's zone of alienation, gained her internet fame. It was later suggested that the...
, Ukrainian photographer known for her website, containing a photo-essay of purported solo motorcycle rides through Chernobyl's zone of alienationZone of alienationThe Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Zone, which is sometimes referred to as The Chernobyl Zone, The 30 Kilometer Zone, The Zone of Alienation, or simply The Zone The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Zone, which is sometimes referred to as The Chernobyl Zone, The 30 Kilometer Zone, The Zone of... - Valeri LegasovValeri LegasovValery Alexeyevich Legasov was a prominent Soviet scientist in the field of inorganic chemistry, a member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. He is most famous for his work as the chief of the investigation committee of the Chernobyl disaster on April 26, 1986.-Early life and...
, chief of the investigation committee of the Chernobyl disaster - Liquidator (Chernobyl)Liquidator (Chernobyl)Liquidators , or "clean-up workers", is the name given in the former USSR to people who were called upon to work in efforts to deal with consequences of the April 26, 1986, Chernobyl disaster on the site of the event...
, people who took part in the liquidation of the consequences of the disaster - Vassili NesterenkoVassili NesterenkoVassili Nesterenko was a physicist from Belarus and a former director of the Institut of Nuclear Energy at the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus. He was born in Krasny Kut Village, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine. He had a diploma from the Bauman Moscow State Technical University...
, physicist from Belarus involved as a liquidator, and working on the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster - Wladimir TchertkoffWladimir TchertkoffWladimir Tchertkoff is a Swiss journalist.He released with Emanuela Andreoli in 2003 the film The Sacrifice, a documentary on the liquidators of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant...
, Swiss journalist who made documentary films featuring the liquidators - Leonid TelyatnikovLeonid TelyatnikovLeonid Petrovich Telyatnikov was the head of the fire department at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant and led the team of firefighters to the fire at reactor number 4 which became the Chernobyl disaster...
, firefighter, head of the plant fire department
See also
- Environmental effects of nuclear powerEnvironmental effects of nuclear powerThe environmental impact of nuclear power results from the nuclear fuel cycle, operation, and the effects of nuclear accidents.The routine health risks and greenhouse gas emissions from nuclear fission power are small relative to those associated with coal, but there are "catastrophic risks": the...
- Nuclear power debateNuclear power debateThe nuclear power debate is about the controversy which has surrounded the deployment and use of nuclear fission reactors to generate electricity from nuclear fuel for civilian purposes...
- List of civilian nuclear accidents
- List of books about nuclear issues