Interim report: The Fukushima disaster has not harmed health

Reference: News, 29. May 2012

Keywords: Fukushima, health, harmful fallouts

Abstract: “New Scientist” reports: already more than a year has passed since the Fukushima disaster, so it is possible to make a report on the effect of fallouts on people’s health. According to the specialist, there is no need to consider unfavorable consequences, since the quantity of radioactive fallouts is much less than the same of Chernobyl. The exposure level of children, affected by the Fukushima disaster, is 10 times less than those of Chernobyl.

URL: http://www.atomic-energy.ru/news/2012/05/29/33743

10 myths around the accident of Chernobyl NPP

Author: R.V. Arutyunyan

Reference: RIA News, 26.04.2012

Keywords: Nuclear renaissance, Chernobyl accident, radiation background, harmful fallout onto the environment, safety of NPP

Abstract: Myth One: The Chernobyl accident has had a devastating impact on the health from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of people ….. Myth Two: Genetic consequences for mankind of the Chernobyl accident are terrible …. Myth Three: The evacuation of people from the town of Pripyat, and the surrounding area, was poorly organized and the people must not return to the zone ….

URL: http://www.atomic-energy.ru/smi/2012/04/26/33006