Chernobyl: A Reassessment
Title: Chernobyl: A Reassessment
Author: David R. Marples
Reference: Eurasian Geography and Economics, Volume 45, Issue 8, 2004, pages 588-607
DOI: 10.2747/1538-7216.45.8.588
Keywords: declassified documents, KGB, September 1982 Chernobyl accident
Abstract: A Canadian specialist on Ukraine and the historic accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power station provides a reassessment of the disaster on the basis of recently declassified documents of the Ukrainian KGB. The new information makes it possible in several instances to clarify details surrounding the accident and its aftermath. It also adds support to the argument that problems with equipment, operating procedures, and the safety regime at Chernobyl were far from isolated occurrences, but rather were endemic, as manifest in a serious September 1982 accident at the plant that was concealed from the world by Soviet authorities.
URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.2747/1538-7216.45.8.588#.Udt6YKxLOM0
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