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	The Legacy of Chornobyl: America's Continuing Response 20 Years Later
		In commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the Chornobyl accident, the Department of State, in partnership with two U.S.-based NGOs, sponsored and funded a humanitarian medical airlift to Kiev, Ukraine, on April 20th, 2006.
		The MOU led to the permanent closure of the remaining operating Chornobyl reactor in December 2000.
		For example, immediately following Chornobyl, the international community adopted two key instruments for ensuring cooperation in the event of a nuclear accident: the Convention on the Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident and the Convention on Assistance in the Case of a Nuclear Accident or Radiological Emergency.
	www.state.gov /t/isn/rls/rm/65263.htm (1483 words)

	Chernobyl - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Chernobyl (Ukrainian: Chornobyl (Чорно́биль), Russian Chernobyl (Черно́быль) is a city in northern Ukraine, near the border with Belarus (51° 16′ 0″ N, 30° 13′ 60″ E).
		It was a major communications node and important centre of trade and commerce, especially in the 19th century.
		Sometimes chornobyl is erroneously translated as simply "wormwood" (which most commonly refers to Artemisia absinthium), with consequent apocalyptic associations, that spread as far as Poland before Serge Schmemann of the New York Times picked up on the story in his article "Chernobyl Fallout: Apocalyptic Tale", July 25, 1986.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chornobyl (976 words)

	Chornobyl (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Chornobyl (Ukrainian transliteration of Чорнобил) or Chernobyl (Russian transliteration) is a town in northern Ukraine not far from Kyiv.
		The particular design of the RBMK graphite modified reactor at Chornobyl has a positive void coefficient, which means that the power of the reactor increases in the absence of the coolant.
		In January 1993, the IAEA issued a revised analysis of the Chornobyl accident, attributing the main root cause to the reactor's design and not to operator error.
	www.ukpedia.com /c/chornobyl.html (1508 words)

	Chornobyl Press Release
		Chornobyl disaster victims are subdivided into several types--those engaged in disaster liquidation in industrial sites of station and in 30 km.
		Chornobyl area (more than 200,000 persons including 120,000 liquidators in 1986-1987 years), those residing at the territory subjected to radiation (approximately 1.5 million persons) and considering Kyiv city and south territories where soil density pollution of caesium 137 exceeds 1 Ci/sq.km.
		Chornobyl aftermathes causes increased morbidity rate of children especially of such diseases as neoplasms, diseases of blood creating organs, congenital anomalies, organs of sense, digestion organs, neurological disorders.
	www.lifenets.org /chernobyl/ch-press.htm (1071 words)

	Chornobyl (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Chornobyl has become a symbol of the uncivilized treatment of the nuclear power and Soviet era authoritative and negligent attitude towards the humanitarian consequences of the governmental actions.
		As the negative reactions caused by the word "Chornobyl" itself in the consciousness of the most people of the world are well known, the closure of the Chornobyl nuclear power plant means for them not only clean environment, but also their moral tranquility.
		Thus, the closure of the Chornobyl nuclear power plant became a symbolic gesture, which doesn't mean the disappearance of all the problems caused by the catastrophe at once.
	www.ukrainaemb.se /press_rel/pr26_04_01.htm (1832 words)

	UN Chornobyl Programme
		Characteristic features of the Chornobyl crisis are: abrupt changes of living conditions; break of traditional, habitual, social, and sometimes family links; change of residence and social environment; the need to adapt to new living conditions; necessity to change the means and ways of solving the existential problems; breakdown of habitual living values.
		The relation between the Chornobyl disaster and the increase of the disease incidence is also proved by the fact that among children born after the disaster (in 1987 and afterwards) when there was no effects of the radioactive iodine, during 1992-1998 only 13 cases of thyroid cancer were registered.
		The radiation factor of the Chornobyl catastrophe causes an increase in the formation of genetic and carcinogenic effects, in particular, increase in the frequency of leukemia and lymphoms expansion.
	www.un.kiev.ua /en/chornobyl/project.htm (6108 words)

	UN Chornobyl Programme (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The accident at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant in April 1986 remains the most dramatic and far-reaching civil catastrophe in modern history and still affects the lives of million of people as much today as 15 years ago.
		After the Governments of Ukraine, Russia and Belarus appealed to world governments and international community to cope with the consequences of the disaster, UNESCO was one of the first UN agencies to respond.
		When the Framework Agreement creating the UNESCO Chornobyl Programme was signed on 9 January 1991 UNESCO's basic premise was that, beyond the tragic health and ecological impacts of the accident, there were going to be major economic, psychological and social consequences for all the people living in or near the contaminated areas.
	www.un.kiev.ua /en/chornobyl (484 words)

	UCC Press Release: 2000-04-26 - CHORNOBYL REMEMBERED (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Chornobyl is located 114 km (90 miles) north of Ukraine's capital city, Kyiv.
		The Chornobyl problem was not created by the Government of Ukraine, but rather it was inherited from the former Soviet Government, which restarted the Chornobyl station only six months after the accident.
		Chornobyl is a disaster that must be confronted on a world scale.
	www.ucc.ca /media_releases/2000-04-26_1 (333 words)

	International Conference "Chornobyl+20: Remembrance for the Future"
		April 11, 2006: New report on health and environmental effects of the Chornobyl disaster suggests a significantly higher number of casualties.
		At the press-briefing, the presentation of a new report on health and environmental effects of the Chornobyl disaster will be presented.
		It is the aim of the conference to bring analysts and activists and a broad public audience together for a new examination of the 1986 Chornobyl accident’s continuing health, social and economic consequences and to draw new attention to the promise and need to implement sustainable energy technologies.
	www.ch20.org (261 words)

	July 23, 1998
		Chornobyl is not primarily about the cruelty of Communism.
		In that sense, what happened at Chornobyl is capable of transforming not only those who endured the tragedy itself, but all of us -- if we learn the lesson that we are all connected.
		The challenge of Chornobyl is to recognize that the circumference of our responsibility has become the earth itself.
	www.al-gore-2004.org /gorespeeches/07231998.htm (2670 words)

	Valley Advocate: Life After the Meltdown (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Chornobyl #4 did just that, and both the accident and the collapse of the USSR halted plans to continue expansion and construction of new reactors.
		There is a monument to the Chornobyl firefighters, the thousands of men who fought the conflagration caused by the explosion, along the main road just inside the Chornobyl village proper.
		It was difficult for the few members of the Chornobyl Station staff we spoke with--a work force of approximately 5,000, many of whom anticipated the loss of employment as the complex shut down--to fully articulate many crucial details, those salient bits of dependable information from which we construct our perceptions of the situation.
	old.valleyadvocate.com /articles/ukraine2.html (5384 words)

	Chornobyl Nuclear Catastrophe
		Shcherbitsky survived the Chornobyl crisis and was not criticized in the Western press as was Gorbachev for his long 18 day delay in speaking publicly on Moscow television about Chornobyl on May 14.
		But Chornobyl is also a real tragedy for the world since it has shaken the nuclear power industry and its promise of an inexhaustible supply of energy for mankind.
		Chornobyl was also probably the catalyst and major factor in awakening the captive nations in the USSR to struggle for their independence.
	www.infoukes.com /history/chornobyl/gregorovich (4164 words)

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		According to the Decree of the President of Ukraine from 25.09.2000 "About the measures, bound with closing of Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant" in December, 2000 the realization of a series of social, political and international measures devoted to the final stop of Chonobyl NPP is planned.
		To coordinate the measures of closing of the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Station with the plan of the principal actions concerned with the 15th anniversary of Chornobyl disaster and the measures of the inter-departmental commission created for the complexe solving of the problems of Chornobyl NPP.
		Speaking to the journalists the specialists of Chornobyl NPP pointed on the unreasonableness of the liquidation of the entreprise which within 9 months of this year gave to the State 20,8 mln.
	www.mns.gov.ua /chornobyl/closing.en.php?m=23&p=1 (2766 words)

	The Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster and Subsequent Creation of the Wildlife Preserve (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		When comparing the ecological consequences of the Chornobyl region to those in the highly industrialized heavily populated areas of eastern and southern Ukraine, he observed, "Northern Ukraine is the cleanest part of the nation.
		Fig.1 Photograph of the Chornobyl environment in the former "Red Forest" region, taken in June 1998, some 700 meters west of Reactor 4 in an area remediated by removal and burial of top soil and dead pine trees.
		Chornobyl is no nuclear desert, but the issues raised above concerning latent and long-term effects must be resolved before the total significance of this disaster to native wildlife and to humans can be understood.
	www.nsrl.ttu.edu /chernobyl/wildlifepreserve.htm (1276 words)

	Chornobyl Health Impact - NIRS
		The atomic energy station and the nearby town of Prypiat are located in northern Ukraine, 90 kilometers north of Kyiv (Kiev), the capital of Ukraine, a city with a population of 2.8 million.
		Total amount of radiation released as a result of the explosion at Chornobyl was originally reported as 50 million curies by Soviet authorities.
		A joint Israeli-Ukrainian study published in the Royal Society of Medicine in London in 2001 found that the children of Chornobyl liquidators born after the 1986 disaster have a rate of chromosome damage seven times higher than their siblings born prior to the nuclear accident.
	www.nirs.org /c20/fctsheetkuzma.htm (903 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Decline of people’s health, especially of those who directly participated in the liquidation of the consequences of the disaster and of those, who live on the contaminated territories, or were resettled from the radioactive zones, worsening of the social and psychological state of this category of citizens still remain to be urgent problems in Ukraine.
		The general morbidity of Chornobyl children is by 1.5-2.5 times higher compared to their peers, and the general morbidity of children and teenagers affected by the disaster grew by 6.4% in 1999.
		It is also important to establish a psychological protection of people affected by Chornobyl disaster and to create conditions to prevent factors related to the consequences of the accident, which cause a psychological tension; to provide assistance to overcome it and to form the healthy life-style.
	www.ombudsman.kiev.ua /de_06_8.htm (4133 words)

	Chornobyl radiation ups risk of thyroid cancer in children and adolescents
		Exposure to radioactive iodine increases the risk of thyroid cancer in children and adolescents, a study of thyroid cancer prevalence after the Chornobyl accident shows.
		In 1986, an accident at the Chornobyl nuclear power plant exposed large numbers of people in Belarus, Ukraine, and the Russian Federation to radioactive material high in isotopes of iodine and cesium.
		The authors suggest that exposure to radioactive fallout from the Chornobyl accident increased thyroid cancer in those exposed as children and adolescents.
	www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/2006-07/jotn-cru062906.php (402 words)

	Chornobyl: 13 Years Later (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The Children of Chornobyl Relief Fund (CCRF), established in 1990, is one of CMMBüs primary distribution partners in the region.
		Chornobyl alone is not to blame for the current health care crisis.
		She recalled the time of Chornobylüs explosion, when she lived in the 4th Zone, about 100 miles from the reactor.
	www.cmmb.org /magazine/chornobyl_f99.htm (1310 words)

	MATHS300: Chornobyl 2001 Worksheet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Chornobyl 15 Years On This paper is constructed from information in Derek Ballantine, Hell On Earth, Sunday Herald Sun, Melbourne, Australia, January 14th 2001, page 18.
		The Chornobyl nuclear power plant disaster happened on April 26th 1986, ironically, during a safety test.
		The spelling Chornobyl as opposed to Chernobyl is promoted by Ukraine and has been adopted by the United Nations.
	www.curriculum.edu.au /maths300/download/m300bits/007wrad2.htm (411 words)

	Chornobyl 24-04-02 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		International contribution to the social rehabilitation and medical care of the people suffering from the Chornobyl catastrophe as well as humanitarian and economic assistance are very important for Ukraine and duly appreciated.
		The main goal of his visit was to consider a report of the UN evaluation mission “Humanitarian consequences of the Chornobyl disaster.
		Oshima made it clear that UN is determined to actively cooperate with Ukraine in order to involve international society in overcoming the consequences of the Chornobyl disaster, solving the social and other problems related to the Chornobyl nuclear plant closure.
	www.ukrainaemb.se /press_rel/pr_24_04_02.htm (1068 words)

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		The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine is to elaborate the Act of closing of the 3rd power-unit of ChNPP till December 1, 2000.
		Till the end of 2000 to conduct the thematic lessons and lectures concerning the questions of the radiation safety and the ecology, the explanation of the main point and the aim of the initiative of Ukraine concerning the final closing of Chornobyl NPP in the educational institutions.
		On November 16, at Chorhobyl NPP (ChNPP) was hold a press-conference devoted to the closure of ChNPP.
	www.mns.gov.ua /chornobyl/closing.en.php?m=22&l=en&p=1 (2766 words)

	Health Programs - Chornobyl Health Effects Studies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Some of the Chornobyl liquidators (remediation workers) with high radiation doses are expected to have increased rates of cancer.
		The Chornobyl research continued under the auspices of the JCCCNRS in a separate agreement between the United States and Ukraine.
		Under the Interagency Agreement Between DOE and NCI on Jointly Sponsored Chornobyl Research, NCI has responsibility for both the scientific and technical aspects of the Belarus childhood thyroid study; the Ukraine childhood thyroid study; and the Ukraine leukemia study in Chornobyl liquidators.
	www.eh.doe.gov /health/ihp/chernobyl/chernobyl.html (2139 words)

	Panachyda for the Victims of Chornobyl (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		April 26, 2001 marked the 15th anniversary of the accident at the Chornobyl (formerly Chernobyl) nuclear power plant in Ukraine.
		The Chornobyl disaster has left a long-lasting legacy, as the radiation released nearly 18 years ago is still making people sick today.
		It is my hope that this small composition will in some way keep attention focused on the issues of the Chornobyl disaster, as well as generate monies that can be used to alleviate the suffering of present and future victims.
	romanhurko.com /chornobyl (300 words)

	What's New @ the UCCA: Chornobyl Closure - An Appeal to the Community (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		As to Chornobyl’s effect on its environment, Ukraine’s vast fertile lands will remain ruined and barren and its underground water supplies contaminated for decades, if not centuries to come.
		Furthermore, when Chornobyl’s nuclear power station finally ceases to operate on December 15, 2000, thousands of its nuclear scientists, engineers, and staff will be left unemployed, thus contributing to social hardships and an additional strain on Ukraine’s economy.
		With the closure of Chornobyl, we appeal to the Ukrainian community in the United States to actively engage in humanitarian assistance to those afflicted by the Chornobyl disaster.
	ucca.org /uccanews/story/1215001540.shtml (377 words)

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