Chernobyl Nuclear Accident
About this study on Chernobyl Nuclear Accident
1. Sources for this Study
Dr. Burton Bennett ,I was pleased to assist you in this work. I wish to compliment you in your good efforts to clarify issues about the environment.
Chairman of the Chernobyl Forum
The material content of the texts on Level 3 are
directly sourced from the
The Levels 1 & 2 were written by Marisa Fernandez in collaboration with the GreenFacts editorial team.
Photo Credits: V. Mouchkin, P. Pavlicek/IAEA, the
Ukrainian Society for Friendship and Cultural
Relations with Foreign Countries/Kiev 1991 and the
IAEA.
The main study image of the powerplant is provided
by David McMillan
2. Current Status
Approved for publication by the GreenFacts Scientific Board.
3. Study Publication History
The GreenFacts publication process is designed to ensure as high a degree of objectivity as possible.
First draft
The first draft of this study was produced by Marisa Fernandez on 15 November on the basis of a canvas prepared by the GreenFacts Editorial Team.
Preliminary and Peer review
The second draft of this study was produced on 1
February 2006 by Marisa Fernandez after review by the
GreenFacts Editorial Team and was pre-reviewed by
experts from health and industrial organizations (see
our 
Publication
Final publication was authorized by the President of the GreenFacts Scientific Board on 12 April 2006.
Press Release
19 Apr. 2006: Chernobyl, 20 years later
21 Apr. 2006: Tchernobyl, 20 ans après / Chernóbil, 20 años después
Updates or subsequent post-publication revisions
No update or revision at present.