In Focus : Chernobyl

Read & Review

• Chernobyl's Legacy: Summary Report
• Environmental Consequences & Remediation
• Health Effects: World Health Organization

Related Reports:

• International Nuclear Law in the Post-Chernobyl Period [2006]

Stories:

• Global Support for Recovery Moves to Next Phase
• UN Cites IAEA for Efforts in Chernobyl Recovery
• Back to the Wild [pdf]
• Profile of Mikael Balanov, from The Lancet
• Thyroid Cancer Effects
• Agricultural Consequences
• Seeds of Promise
• Prospects for Dairy
• Chernobyl's Liquidators

Background Documents:

• 15 Years After Chernobyl
• The Human Consequences of the Chernobyl Accident: A Strategy for Recovery [UN Report 2002]
• International Efforts Regarding Chernobyl [UNGA Report 2001]
• Executive Summary 2001 Kiev Conference
• [in Russian]
• Exposures and Effects of the Chernobyl Accident [UNSCEAR Report 2000]
• The Chernobyl Shelter Fund [EBRD Report 2000]
• 10 Years After Chernobyl
• Post Chernobyl Global Cooperation: 5 Years Later

Watch & Listen

Impressions from the Field

Multimedia

Video: Of Mice and Nature [Click to Play]

Video: Chernobyl's Legacy [Click to Play]

Video: Thyroid Patients & Doctors in Kiev [Click to Play]

Video: Can I Have a Baby? [Click to Play]

Audio: Impact of the Accident

Photos:

• Revisiting Chernobyl Villages
• Sergei & Natalya
• Artwork, Kiev Children
• IAEA ImageBank

Ask & Learn

• Chernobyl Timeline

The Chernobyl Forum

• Chernobyl Forum Web Pages
• 2005 International Conference

Forum Partners

• World Health Organization
• UN Food & Agriculture Organization
• UN Development Program
• UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
• UN Environment Program
• UN Scientific Committee on Effects of Atomic Radiation
• World Bank

Links & Resources

• IAEA Bulletin
• Nuclear Energy Agency
• National Geographic
• New Scientist
• Observer Magazine

Chernobyl+20 Conferences, Events

• Belarus Humanitarian Award "Francysk Skaryna"
• International Conference Kiev
• International Conference Minsk