July 19, 2007: NIRS report on earthquake damage to world's largest nuclear facility in Japan

May 10, 2007: New international report commissioned by Greens in the European Parliament examines nuclear reactor accidents and safety issues since Chernobyl. Says study coordinator Mycle Schneider, "In the course of the last twenty years, the world has lived with the illusion that it is possible to make nuclear reactors safe. In reality, every day, countless incidents occur in nuclear reactors, and, since Chernobyl, catastrophe has, on several occasions, only narrowly been avoided."

Resolution of the Chornobyl+20: Remembrance for the Future Conference, Kyiv, Ukraine, April 23-25, 2006

"The Other Report on Chernobyl" (TORCH), commissioned by Rebecca Harms, Member of European Parliament for Chernobyl+20 conference. April, 2006

IPPNW literature review on Chernobyl consequences, April 2006

Greenpeace report on Chernobyl consequences: 93,000 or more fatalities likely. April 2006

Chernobyl: A Nuclear Catastrophe 20 Years On: A Review of the Present Situation in Ukraine. A report for Greenpeace by Large & Associates, April 2006

Heinrich Boell Foundation Issue Paper No. 2. Nuclear Reactor Hazards: What are the old and new types of reactor? By Anthony Frogatt 2006

September 6, 2005: Statement of Michael Mariotte, executive director of Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS), on UN Chernobyl Report

Chernobyl Can Happen Here. NIRS factsheet prepared for 19th anniversary of Chernobyl nuclear accident. April 26, 2005

UCS says there is a 1 in 3 chance of a serious accident by 2006 at one of 68 U.S. reactors. Get the UCS issue brief here, and act! August 25, 2003

Avoidable Tragedy post-Chernobyl. A Critical Analysis. Article by Dr. Rosalie Bertell, Journal of Humanitarian Medicine, December 2002

Chernobyl: Basic Facts

Little-noted accident at San Onofre nuclear plant exacerbates California blackouts. NIRS Press Release. March 22, 2001

CRAC-2 Study. This is a summary of the 1982 NRC Calculation of Reactor Accident Consequences study conducted by Sandia National Laboratories. It indicates the enormous devastation that could be caused by a nuclear reactor accident.

Related Links

Chernobyl Children's Project International

Children of Chernobyl Relief Fund