Chernobyl - the real extent of the incident
A total of 4,000 people could eventually exposure to radiation from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant (NPP) accident nearly 20 years died, an international team of over 100 scientists has concluded. Since mid 2005, but fewer than 50 deaths were attributed directly to radiation from the disaster, more exposed emergency personnel. Many of those who in a few months after the accident, but others have died, in 2004 which later passed the health, environmental and socioeconomic effects, just released by the Chernobyl Forum, the presentation of new numbers to digest in a relationship point of reference, the legacy of Chernobyl.The summary, based on a volume of three 600-page report and the work of hundreds of scientists, economists and health experts, assesses the impact of 20 years,
the worst nuclear accident in history. The Forum is composed of eight organizations, including the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) and the World Bank and the governments of Belarus, Russian Federation and Ukraine.This compilation of the latest research results can assist in resolving questions about how much death, disease and economic consequences resulting from the Chernobyl disaster really, said Dr. Burton Bennett, chairman of the Chernobyl Forum
and an authority on the effects of radiation. The governments of the three most affected countries have realized that they find a clear way, and that progress must be based on a sound consensus about environmental, health and economic and good advice and support of the international community.Bennett continued: It was a very serious accident with consequences for health, especially for thousands of workers in the
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