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Decision Nº 123 of a Government Commission concerning a List of Information about the Chernobyl AEhS Subject to Classification and Not Subject to Open Publication

The decision that was made in cooperation with ofter Ministries and departments on what to classify and what to exclude from open publications.

Y.I. Chazov, Minister of Health, to the CPSU CC, 'Medical Aspects of the Accident at Chernobyl AEhS'

A summary of the measures taken by health ministries in the aftermath of the accident, laid out in narrative format.

Details about Sabin's career and his collaboration with Soviet scientist Mikhail Chumakov to develop the oral vaccine.

Chernobyl NPP Site Panorama with NSC Construction - June 2013

A stitched panorama view of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant site in Ukraine, pictures taken in June 2013. Descriptions of the buildings from left to…

Smallpox eradication: a cold war victory

Cold War scientist, Donald Henderson, describes the scientific collaboration between the US, USSR, and WHO in an effort to eridcate smallpox.

Soviet authorities say one of the atomic reactors at the nuclear power plant in Kiev was damaged. Radiation had spread very far and slowly revealing…

Statement by Principal Deputy Press Secretary Speakes on the Soviet Nuclear Reactor Accident at Chernobyl

In response to the Chernobyl nuclear accident, the Reagan administration established a U.S. interagency task force, led by the Environmental…