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The incredible spread of
radioactive particles from the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant throughout Europe in serious
amounts and in lesser amounts across the entire Northern Hemisphere, including Canada and
the United States, and the entire world is astonishing. |
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"The root cause of the
Chernobyl accident, it is concluded, is to be found in the so-called human element....The
lessons drawn from the Chernobyl accident are valuable for all reactor types." Summary
Report on the Post-Accident Review Meeting on the Chernobyl Accident
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"The (Chernobyl) accident can
be said to have flowed from deficient safety culture, not only at the Chernobyl plant, but
throughout the Soviet design, operating and regulatory organizations for nuclear power
that existed at the time...” International Nuclear Safety Advisory Group (INSAG)
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"For us, the indisputable
lesson of Chernobyl lies in this: the principles regulating the further development of the
scientific-technological revolution must be safety, discipline, order, and organization.
Everywhere and in all respects, we must operate according to the strictest
standards." Mr. Mikhail Gorbachev, President of the former Soviet Union |
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The full dimensions of the
Chernobyl nuclear disaster--the worst single accident of the industrial age -are unknown
to this day. But nearly fourteen years later, the suffering continues. And the possibility
of another nuclear accident remains. |
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