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[en] The events surrounding the accident at the nuclear power station at Chernobyl in the USSR are examined. A description is given of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor and the Soviet Union's nuclear power program. A scenario of the cause of the accident is presented. The major long-term consequence is an risk of cancer. The estimated collective dose of several hundred thousand person-sieverts could lead to several thousand deaths from cancer, spread over the next 30 or 40 years
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9 May 1986; 24 p
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ACCIDENTS, BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, CARBON, DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES, DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, ELEMENTS, ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS, EUROPE, GRAPHITE MODERATED REACTORS, INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI, IODINE ISOTOPES, ISOTOPES, LWGR TYPE REACTORS, NONMETALS, NUCLEI, ODD-EVEN NUCLEI, POWER REACTORS, RADIOISOTOPES, REACTORS, THERMAL REACTORS, WATER COOLED REACTORS
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