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Ukraine held memorial services to mark the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.

Analysis from Technology in Society on the ways in which political change and economic deterioration have affected the handling of the consequences of the Chernobyl nuclear accident.

Summary of the accident. Discusses effects of radiation on health, agriculture, economy and politics of the region.

Collection of links and original documents, maps, images and data relating to the accident.

Reflections on the accident and its impacts, focused on an encounter with an 11 years old survivor who puts a real face on the disaster in history. Includes links to related sites.

Collection of papers, studies and publications about the accident. Provides general and detailed accident information, reactor design analyses, maps, photos and bibliography.

CNN article on the risk related to the concrete sarcophagus of the reactor.

Report of the Farming and Agricultural Organization on the effects of the Chernobyl accident on regional agriculture.

Summary of writings about the accident, with links to related content.

The memories of those who survived Chernobyl were collected in the book "Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of the Nuclear Disaster" by Svetlana Alexievich. Here are some of their stories as read by actors. [8:39 streaming audio broadcast]

The Chernobyl nuclear facility still contains some 200 tons of radioactive fuel, covered by a structure which is increasingly unstable. Engineers plan to build and then slide an enormous Quonset hut-shaped cover over the breached reactor at an estimated cost of 1 billion dollars. [3:43 streaming audio broadcast]

Describes a conference which took place April 23-25, 2006 in Kiev for the 20th anniversary of the disaster.

The 1986 Chernobyl explosion continues to scar this ex-Soviet republic 20 years later.

Information from the World Nuclear Association on the accident progression, the immediate and long term environmental and health effects, and on the insights. Includes contact information.

International conference sponsored by International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) summing up the consequences of the accident. Includes conference program, abstracts, press releases and contact information.