Chernobyl: An Environmental Disaster that Affected Thousands

By JeffreyManley2734

  • Picture of the Roof of the Chernobyl Power plant

    Picture of the Roof of the Chernobyl Power plant
    This picture shows the damage of the explosion of the Chernobyl power plant. In the crater made by the explosion is the nuclear reactor that released the radiation to the environment. The people that photographed this picture were looking straight into the core of a nuclear reactor, which is extremely dangerous and were possibly affected by a high dose of radiation. This picture does not have a date attached to it but it was taken in 1986, the same year the explosion occurred.

  • Letter to President Gorbachev Informing of an Explosion at the Chernobyl Power Plant

    https://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/document/115341.pdf?v=03d29b7758e20c816237a3ed3abb1a72 This letter, written by the minister of Power and electrification, informed President Gorbachev of the explosion of nuclear reactor four at the Chernobyl power plant. In the letter, the minister says that the roof and parts of the wall panels of the reactor were destroyed, indicating that the reactor core was blown open. Below this,

  • Deputy Minister of Health Kasyanenko writes to the Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR about the Radiation levels of the surrounding Environment

    https://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/document/208411.pdf?v=b4108063d46585d41718db457250f651 This letter, written by the minister of Power and electrification, informed President Gorbachev of the explosion of nuclear reactor four at the Chernobyl power plant. In the letter, the minister says that the roof and parts of the wall panels of the reactor were destroyed, indicating that the reactor core was blown open.

  • USSR Document Detailing what information is Subject to Classification

    https://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/document/134306.pdf?v=2b644dd3348cfbfe604759c98ba2e06e This document entails what information about the Chernobyl incident should be declassified and what should remain classified. Unsurprisingly, only three things in this are allowed to be declassified for service while the remaining twenty four pieces of information are to remain classified.