Comparison of Chernobyl and other radioactivity releases information
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This article compares the radioactivity release and decay from the Chernobyl disaster with various other events which involved a release of uncontrolled radioactivity.
Chernobyl disaster
The reactor in 2013
Effects
Comparison with other radioactivity releases
Comparison with Fukushima
Cultural impact
Deaths
Elephant's Foot
Groundwater contamination
TORCH report
Individuals
Aleksandr Akimov
Anatoly Dyatlov
Vasily Ignatenko
Valery Khodemchuk
Boris Shcherbina
Valery Legasov
Mykola Melnyk
Vassili Nesterenko
Vladimir Pikalov
Volodymyr Pravyk
Nikolai Tarakanov
Leonid Telyatnikov
Leonid Toptunov
Locations
Exclusion Zone
Chernihiv–Ovruch railway
Chernobyl
power plant
Kopachi
Opachychi
Poliske
Red Forest
Tarasy
Velyki Klishchi
Vilcha
Yaniv
Polesie Reserve
Aravichy
Dzernavichy
Pripyat
amusement park
Azure swimming pool
Avanhard stadium
FC Stroitel
Energetik cultural palace
Jupiter factory
Polissya hotel
Slavutych
Organisations
Chernobyl Children International
Children of Chernobyl Benefit Concert
Chernobyl Forum
Chernobyl Recovery and Development Programme
Chernobyl Shelter Fund
Friends of Chernobyl's Children
State Institution for Radiation Monitoring and Radiation Safety
Related topics
2022 Russian capture of Chernobyl
Chernobyl: Abyss (2021 film)
Chernobyl (2019 miniseries)
Chernobyl liquidators
Chernobyl necklace
Chernobylite
Sarcophagus
New Safe Confinement
Samosely
National Chernobyl Museum
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