print email comment close Chernobyl Accident URL: http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/chernobyl/inf07.html Description: An overview of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident, "the result of a flawed reactor design that was operated with inadequately trained personnel and without proper regard for safety." Explores the environmental and health effects of the accident, and describes the present state of the Chernobyl power plant. From the World Nuclear Association. Publisher: World Nuclear Association Library of Congress Subject Headings: Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, Chornobyl´, Ukraine, 1986 Disasters Nuclear power plants -- Accidents LII Database Information: Record 9843 created by Carole Leita on 09/25/1998 Last modification on 01/23/2007 Published: 09/25/1998   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/9843