1893-1976
Eastern Europe
(372) documents
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North America
1922- 2004
1914- 1984
May 2, 1986
The document describes levels of radiation in the immediate area, populations which may have been affected, and steps which have been taken in the first few days following the incident.
April 30, 1986
This document relays data received from chemical protection troops on radioactivity levels in Pripyat.
August 14, 1984
This document summarizes the specialists' report on the lack of reliability of the reactors at Chernobyl, citing that the lack of protective layers and other structural flaws in the reactor that could lead to radioactive contamination and accidents.
July 20, 1984
The document refers to a conversation with a specialist in nuclear energy, who explains how gaps at the joints of pipes are causing problems in the blocks at both the Chernobyl and Kursk plants.
May 20, 1983
This document discusses weaknesses in the technical designs of nuclear power plants in the USSR and their potential consequences, concluding that the Leningrad, Kursk, and Chernobyl plants are extremely dangerous.
August 28, 1986
This document describes the deficiencies which were made in activities aimed at overlapping of Chernobyl disaster’s consequences. These deficiencies could lead to new victims because the security rules of handling with dangerous radioactive materials were broken.
May 16, 1986
Radiation levels in Pripyat and the surrounding area following the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.
May 4, 1986
Physicists at the Academy of Sciences give advice for containing the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.
April 26, 1986
This KGB report provides a chronology of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, and gives information on the disaster's first victims.
October 29, 1971
A report from KGB Chairman Andropov to the Central Committee of the CPSU assessing the status of Radio Liberty and Radio Free Europe in their “transition” period and measures that might be taken to weaken them. It alleges that RFE and RL are planning subversive actions against the USSR at the Munich Olympics. It credits the Soviet bloc intelligence services with increasing the problems of the Radios. The document indicates timely KGB knowledge of internal RL documents such as the March 15, 1971 revision of the Radio Liberty Policy Manual.