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.

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