Links on the Chernobyl Nuclear Accident

1. Factual links

   Some of the websites providing factual information on the Chernobyl Nuclear Accident:

   • 1.1 United Nations bodies in the Chernobyl Forum
   • 1.2 Other institutions addressing the impacts of the accident
   • 1.3 Q&A on radiation
   • 1.4 News sites
2. Partner links
3. Other Views
   • Sites suggesting that the Chernobyl accident had a greater impact

See also our page containing sites linking to this Digest

1. Factual links

1.1 United Nations bodies in the Chernobyl Forum

• The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA):
  • Chernobyl Forum: www-ns.iaea.org/meetings/rw-summaries/chernobyl_forum.htm 
  • International Chernobyl Project: www-ns.iaea.org/projects/chernobyl.htm 

• The World Health Organization (WHO) page on Radiation Accidents and Emergencies: www.who.int/ionizing_radiation/a_e/en/ 
• The United Nations and Chernobyl: http://chernobyl.undp.org/english/ 
• A report commissioned by UNDP and UNICEF with the support of the WHO addresses "the human consequences of the Chernobyl nuclear accident" at:
   chernobyl.undp.org/english/docs/Strategy%20for%20Recovery.pdf
• The United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR): www.unscear.org/unscear/en/chernobyl.html 

1.2 Other institutions addressing the impacts of the accident

• The World Nuclear Association (WNA) proposes an "Information Paper" on the Chernobyl accident at:
  www.world-nuclear.org/info/chernobyl/inf07.html 

1.3 Q&A on radiation

• The US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) FAQs on radiation and radioactivity: www.epa.gov/radiation 
• The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) FAQs on Quantities and Units of Ionizing Radiation: www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/phys_agents/ionizing.html 

1.4 News sites

• The BBC addresses the Chernobyl disatser at:
  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/guides/456900/456957/html/nn1page1.stm 

2. Partner links

Web pages of GreenFacts' partners providing information relevant to Chernobyl

The Development Gateway provides access to information on "The Nuclear Question: Chernobyl and beyond" at: http://topics.developmentgateway.org/environment/

3. Other Views

Links in this section have been selected as examples of other views on Chernobyl. This list of links is only a sample and it is not suggested that it is complete nor that it is fully representative of all the existing views. GreenFacts asbl takes no position concerning the views expressed in these linked documents.

Sites suggesting that the Chernobyl accident had a greater impact

• Greenpeace published a report saying that the Chernobyl death toll put forward by the Chernobyl Forum is "grossly underestimated":
  • "[Our report] challenges the UN International Atomic Energy Agency Chernobyl Forum report, which predicted 4,000 additional deaths attributable to the accident as a gross simplification of the real breadth of human suffering." [...] "The Chernobyl disaster could top a quarter of a million cancers cases and nearly 100,000 fatal cancers" www.greenpeace.org/international/news/chernobyl-deaths-180406 
• The Greens of the European Free Alliance in the European Parliament publish "The Other Report On Chernobyl (TORCH)":  118499.the_other_report_on_chernobyl_torch@fr.pdf
• The international communications platform on the longterm consequences of the Chernobyl disaster: www.chernobyl.info 
  • comments on the Chernobyl Forum report: "The report, which acknowledges only hard-and-fast scientific findings, has been severely criticised by independent Chernobyl experts, environmental organisations and Chernobyl relief organisations, who claim that it plays down the impact of the disaster and goes in the face of earlier studies. Some of its statements, moreover, are probably false." www.chernobyl.info/index.php?userhash=12816578&navID=21&lID=2 
• The Chernobyl Children's Project website dedicated to helping the victims of the Disaster: www.chernobyl-international.com/chernobyl_disaster/chernobyl_disaster.43.html 
• The Virtual Guide to Belarus website discussing the Belarusian Chernobyl Tragedy: www.belarusguide.com/chernobyl1/chfacts.htm