Chernobyl disaster-immediate aftermath in the USSR
- Title
- Chernobyl disaster-immediate aftermath in the USSR
- Genre
- News report
- TX Date
- Apr 1986
- Year of production
- 1986
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- Duration
- 00:02:17
- Description
- 4 linked reports by Martin Walker from Moscow, USSR after the Chernobyl nuclear plant disaster. 1. Advice being given to British citizens in cities of the USSR 2. The investigation set up. 3. Death cloud drifting across USSR, evacuation of citizens, scientists having to man the other reactors. 4. Cordon set up around the nuclear power stations in Kiev and evacuation of citizens but not nuclear technicians.
- Contributors
- Martin Walker
- Keywords
- Deaths; Health; USSR; Nuclear energy; Nuclear power stations; Nuclear safety; Evacuation; Ukraine; Moscow; Radioactive pollution; Chernobyl Nuclear Accident (1986)
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