Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Accident CIA, Department of Defense, Department of Energy, Congressional, GAO, and Foreign Press Monitoring Files CD-ROM
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CIA FILES
215 pages of CIA files dating from 1971 to 1991.The files cover the Soviet atomic energy program; Effect of the accident on the Soviet nuclear power program; and the social and political ramifications of the accident in the Soviet Union. A 1981 report covers the less publicized Soviet nuclear "accident" near Kyshtym in 1957-58.
U.S. GOVERNMENT FOREIGN PRESS MONITORING
900 pages of foreign media monitoring reports from 1986 to 1992. They contain information primarily from Russian and Eastern Block news agency transmissions and broadcasts, newspapers, periodicals, television, radio and books. Non-English language sources are translated into English.
The reporting includes firsthand accounts of experiences during all points of the Chernobyl disaster. Topics cover domestic and international politics, sociological affairs, accident details, evacuations, sealing the reactor, cleanup mobilization, health implications, and people returning to region.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY REPORTS
1,244 pages of reports dating from 1982 to 2009 produced or commissioned by the DOE.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE REPORTS
816 pages of reports dating from 1990 to 2010 produced or commissioned by the Defense Dept.
The reports include: Chernobyl Accident Fatalities and Causes; Biomedical Lessons from the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Accident; Nuclear Accidents in the Former Soviet Union Kyshtym, Chelyabinsk and Chernobyl; Neurocognitive and Physical Abilities Assessments Twelve Years After the Chernobyl Nuclear Accident; and Radiation Injuries After the Chernobyl Accident Management, Outcome, and Lessons Learned.
U.S. CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS
634 pages of transcripts from three Congressional hearings.
