The Accident at Chernobyl: Health and Environmental Consequences and the Implications for Risk Management
Annual Review of EnergyPublished 1 November 1988
C Hohenemser
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The author discusses how the pattern of dispersion and exposure due to Chernobyl demands reconsideration of emergency planning for nuclear power stations, not only in the Soviet Union, but also in the West.
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