Braginka (tributary of Dnieper) 43
Brest 96, 114, 161, 193, 256, 270, 272, 315, 452
Bryansk 41, 118, 357, 434, 463, 465, 466
Brühl 283
Brussels 156, 260, 261, 262, 265, 266, 267, 278, 285, 548
Buda 161
Buda Golovchitskaya 161
Budishche 161
Bulgaria 7
Burgwedel 338, 366
Burki 294
Bykhov 338
C
Caen 266, 268, 286
Canada 188
Central Asia 110
Chechersk 277, 278, 282, 293, 366, 576
Cheliabinsk 82, 97
Cherikov 42, 123
Chiane 161
China 12, 59
Chernovshchina 345
Cuba 7
D
Danilevichi 161
Danube 57
Demidov 161
Derevnaya 161
Die 167
Dnieper (river) 40, 43, 126, 300, 324, 439, 569,
Dobraya Volia 161
Dobrianka 363
Donbass 18
Dubrova 161
Dubrovka 356
Dukhanovka 161
Dzerzhinsk 161
E
Eastern Europe 167, 184
England 18, 37, 96, 152, 244
Europe 2, 8, 12, 16, 17, 19, 26, 31, 39, 49, 50, 59, 79, 128, 166, 169, 187, 191, 246, 256, 281, 288, 293, 302, 447, 454, 504, 505, 506, 511, 520, 521, 522, 540, 543, 544, 550, 551, 574, 575, 577, 583
F
France 2, 7, 12, 14, 38, 67, 96, 128, 159, 167, 170, 179, 183, 184, 218, 220, 240–242, 244, 260, 264–266, 273, 275, 277, 294, 324, 412, 422, 423, 454, 520, 533, 535, 536, 538–540, 542, 544–546, 548, 553, 556, 557, 573
G
Gaishin 360, 362, 363, 365, 376, 379, 384,
Geneva vii, 11, 169 412, 415, 417, 419, 424, 436, 454, 496, 500, 535, 537, 543–546, 560, 561, 563–569, 572, 588, 592, 594, 595, 597
Germany 7, 56, 82, 93, 96, 112, 124, 128, 136, 159, 161, 207, 235, 236, 238–240, 242–244, 249, 250, 252, 277, 283, 284, 294, 324, 338, 366, 416, 446, 466, 520, 534, 547, 548, 553, 558, 573
Glazki 161, 356
Gomel 15, 18, 73, 87, 95, 97, 98, 109, 113–116, 156, 161, 164, 165, 167–172, 174, 176–179, 181, 183, 195–197, 202, 203, 207, 208, 215–217, 226, 227, 235, 238, 242, 245, 248–251, 259, 272, 274, 288, 289, 292, 293, 308, 314, 329, 344, 345, 357, 387, 397, 404, 406–409, 450, 452, 466, 476, 481, 484, 486, 490, 491, 498, 499, 501, 505, 506, 512, 517, 537, 541, 556, 558, 562, 569, 573, 575, 577–579, 583–586
Gorodnya 161, 270, 272
Great Britain 12, 37, 47, 70, 159, 277, 294, 429, 553
Greece 446, 573
Grenoble 521, 528, 537, 538
Grichinovichi 161
Grodno 169, 171, 177, 212, 251, 484, 508, 517
Grozny 102
Grushevka 161
H
Hanover 82, 338, 366
Hiroshima 17, 52, 53–59, 62, 64, 72, 85, 142, 154, 183, 186, 187, 192, 293, 360, 414, 432, 437, 439, 445, 446, 457, 471, 473, 559, 567, 569, 573, 578, 587, 595
I
Iput’ (tributary of Dnieper) 43
Ireland 243, 244, 284, 342, 553, 577, 583
Ispra 256, 259, 260
Italy 7, 128, 159, 167, 256, 277, 284, 332, 553, 580, 581
J
Japan 56, 57, 60, 72, 74, 82, 159, 193, 194, 246, 330, 447, 545, 553–555, 557
K
Kaliningrad 317
Kaluga 434, 465
Kama (river) 319
Kharkov 195
Khatyn 377
Khilchikha 161
Khoiniki 19, 28, 31, 83, 87, 94, 105
Khomenki 161
Khrakovichi 294
Kiev 8, 11, 24, 34, 36, 43, 51, 58, 60, 72, 95, 99, 113, 126, 128–130, 157, 189, 195, 199, 206, 248, 257–261, 289, 324, 335, 415–420, 434, 455, 461–463, 490, 491, 537, 538, 540, 546, 548, 549, 550, 554, 560, 592–595
Kirov 161, 237
Kliapin 360, 384, 389, 390, 391, 395
Kliny 361
Koliudy 399
Kolpita (tributary of Dnieper) 43
Komanov 161
Komarin 294
Konotop 161
Korchevatka 161
Korma 356, 377, 392, 395, 398, 402, 576
Koshara 326
Kossa (tributary of Kama) 319
Krasnopolie 41, 117–125, 362, 369, 376
Krasny Bereg 161
Krivoi Rog 247
Krutoie 161
Kuzmichi 161, 312, 356
L
Lausanne 134
Leninakan 33
Leningrad 32, 355
Lenino 161
Loev 407
Los Alamos 422, 423, 444, 451
Lugano 78, 418
Luxembourg 370
M
Madrid 262
Manchitsy 161
Markovskoye 161
Mikulichi 294
Minsk 15, 17, 18, 23, 28, 33, 69, 71, 80–84, 87, 101, 105, 107, 109, 110, 115, 123, 132, 134, 136, 138, 145, 154, 158, 159–161, 170–173, 177, 181, 183, 195, 199, 209, 213, 216–219, 221, 234, 240, 242, 244, 245, 247, 258–261, 267, 273, 283, 285, 294, 303, 312, 329, 330, 349, 358, 365, 369, 385, 445, 452, 463, 486, 490, 491, 493, 494, 496, 499, 500, 501, 503, 508, 510, 512, 521, 525, 526, 529, 530, 532, 537, 541, 558, 561, 572, 578, 584, 585
Mogilev 18, 42, 79, 109, 114, 120, 121, 123, 124, 133, 207, 208, 215, 216, 235, 357, 466, 512
Moscow 18, 20, 22, 31–33, 37, 40–42, 63, 68–70, 72, 73, 79, 82, 85, 89, 96, 98, 109–111, 118, 131, 156, 158, 177, 178, 190, 202, 206, 234, 236, 239, 240, 252, 320, 335, 357, 360, 415, 418, 424, 435, 437, 441, 443, 453, 463, 471, 486, 491, 512, 568, 569, 571, 596,
Mozyr 83, 157, 303
Msteslavl’ 376, 377
Munich 233, 234
Mururoa 57
N
Nagasaki 53, 56, 59, 72, 142, 183, 186, 187, 439, 471, 473, 498, 559, 567, 587, 595
Narovlia 19, 83, 87, 112, 259, 576
Negliubka 161
Nesvich (tributary of Dnieper) 43
New York 169, 463, 554, 590
Norway 124, 306, 553
Novaya Ielnia 119
Novaya Zenkovina 161
Novozakharpolie 161
Novy Khutor 356
O
Obidovichi 338
Obukhovshchina 161, 345
Odessa 24
Olmany 91, 96, 161, 256, 264, 266, 267, 270, 271, 272, 275, 285, 288, 303, 305, 324, 327, 335, 339, 452
Orenburg 465
Otverzhichi 161
P
Paluzh 121, 122
Pare 161
Paris 28, 69, 178, 179, 183, 227, 239, 277, 283, 286, 289, 295, 489, 519, 535, 538, 548,
Partizanskaya 161
Peking 70
Perebrody 324
Perm 318
Pervomaisk 161
Pezakovka 377
Pikulikha 161
Po 332
Pokat 161
Pokot’ (tributary of Dnieper) 43
Poland 28, 31, 32, 315, 572
Polessie 37, 42, 44, 47, 161, 162, 190, 191, 247, 303, 311, 324, 342, 366, 452
Poliske 6, 7, 22–26, 29, 94, 343, 420
Prague 110
Pripyat (city) 19, 20, 21, 22, 26, 106, 118, 324,
Pripyat (tributary of Dnieper) 40–43, 46, 300, 324
R
Rakov 95
Rechitsa 113, 270
Rosa Luxemburg 303, 321
Rovnishche 119
Rudni
shche 161
Russia vi, vii, 12, 19, 22, 31, 59, 65, 66, 74, 95, 110, 126, 155, 156, 158–60, 173, 192–194, 206, 220, 225, 231, 236, 237, 246, 247, 252, 260, 267, 302, 327, 331, 339, 350, 352, 357, 362, 369, 374, 375, 400, 410, 416, 424, 425, 427, 431, 435, 437, 445, 453, 454, 462, 465, 466, 468, 470, 471, 474, 484, 543, 545, 549, 551, 553, 564, 569
Russian Federation 11, 199, 236, 236, 417, 429, 434, 451, 569
S
Sapriki 161
Scotland 446
Selianin 161
Shareiki 161
Shia 356
Skorodnoie 161, 286, 303, 304, 312, 313, 316
Slabozhanka 161
Slavgorod 277, 282, 287, 363–365, 372, 377
Slobodka 161, 303, 342, 345
Smolegov 161
Sosny 18, 80, 83, 109, 234, 490
Soviet Union 11, 12, 23, 35, 40, 48, 64, 65, 70, 83, 101, 102, 109, 124, 125, 131, 132, 135–137, 156, 157, 160, 177, 189, 190, 225, 261, 412, 429, 466, 467, 473, 539, 560, 563, 571
Sozh 43, 118, 287, 300, 357, 362, 369, 375, 377, 379, 384, 385, 392, 398, 400, 505
Spain 244, 284, 460, 553
St. Gallo 306
St. Petersburg 189, 237, 355, 442, 516, 554
Staraya Buda 119
Staraya Kamenka 360–363, 365, 368–371, 378, 379, 384,
Staraya Zenkovina 161
Starinka 363
Stolin 193, 227, 256, 264, 266, 267, 270, 271, 277, 278, 279, 282, 283, 284, 286, 288, 294, 335, 452, 576
Stradubka 407
Svetilovichi 97, 161
Svetlogorsk 278, 385
Switzerland 65, 93, 112, 124, 128, 134, 135, 136, 139, 159, 167, 240, 249, 291, 294, 306, 324, 412, 535, 536, 545, 553, 556, 573, 588, 592
Sydney 68
T
Tarassy 25
Tashkent 435
Tbilisi 70
Terebezhov 270
Three Mile Island 82
Tiananmen 70
Toronto 57, 188
Totsk 465
U
Ukraine vi, 2, 9, 14, 15, 19, 22, 24, 34, 35–38, 40, 41, 65, 74, 79, 95, 130–132, 153, 155, 156, 158–160, 167, 173, 192, 193, 199, 206, 220, 225, 228, 231, 246, 247, 258–260, 282, 302, 303, 306, 311, 324, 331, 375, 410, 416, 417, 425, 427, 430, 444, 445, 446, 448, 451, 454, 458, 462, 463, 465, 466, 468, 471, 474, 545, 548–553, 560–564, 568, 578, 580, 581
United States 7, 12, 59, 82, 96, 157, 166, 243, 245, 246, 251, 288, 447, 543
Urals 95, 465
USA 101, 262, 553
USSR 11, 14, 22, 26, 30, 34–36, 38, 43, 47, 50, 51, 56, 64, 67–70, 73, 74, 82, 86, 87, 100, 105, 109–111, 126, 134, 158–160, 225, 229, 234, 251, 285, 466, 549–551, 555, 564, 580
Uzbekistan 435
V
Valavsk 161, 303, 312, 353, 356
Verbovichi 161
Vetka 97, 115, 116, 176, 527, 576
Viazovoye 161
Vienna 3, 12, 47, 51, 52, 57, 64, 66–68, 72, 74, 101, 153, 156, 167, 188, 193, 203, 218, 224, 233, 541, 559, 561, 565, 568, 570, 573, 575, 582, 584, 585, 594
Villejuif 12
Vladimirovka 23
Volyntsy 161, 360, 384, 389, 390, 391, 393
Vulka 161
Wales 446
Warsaw 219, 485
The West 2, 9, 19, 35, 47, 50, 51, 52, 65, 66, 74, 82, 101, 111, 112, 124, 132, 134, 136, 160, 166–168, 204, 219, 222, 230, 231, 239, 246, 249, 250, 274, 296, 298, 302, 348, 351, 489, 493, 495, 503, 505, 506, 507, 509, 516, 520, 527, 535, 537, 539, 546, 551
Yasen 399
Yugoslavia 10
Z
Zabolotie 161
Zastenok 161
Zavodok 119
Zavoit 161
Zhavunitsa 399
Zhelezniki 161
Zhitkovichi 161
Zhitomir 466
Zurich 134, 306
LIST OF ACRONYMS
& ORGANISATIONS
ACAT Association chrétienne contre la torture. French.(Association of Christians Against Torture), affiliated to the International Federation of Action by Christians for the Abolition of Torture. (FIACAT), 533
ACRO Association pour le contrôle radioactivité dans l’ouest, French. (Association for Radiation Monitoring in the West), 240
AEC US Atomic Energy Commission, 60
ALC Admissible Levels of Contamination, 219, 226, 300
AREVA A French industrial conglomerate specialising in energy but in particular nuclear energy. It used to be made up of COGEMA which dealt with the entire fuel cycle from mining, through to reprocessing and Framatome ANP, which built nuclear power stations. In 2001, Cogema was merged with Framatome and CEA Industrie to form the larger group Areva. Areva NP was created by absorbing the nuclear business line of German company Siemens, 58, 266
ARTE Franco-German television network specialising in cultural and arts programmes, 267–269, 273, 275, 418
ASN Autorité de sûreté nucléaire. (Authority for Nuclear Safety), 179, 180, 181
ASPEA Association Suisse Pour l’Énergie Atomique. (Swiss Association for Atomic Energy), 131
Associations in Europe for the children of Chernobyl
· “Jugends Aktions Netzwerk Umwelt—und Naturchutz e. V. (JANUN) ø Gr. Barlinge 58a—30171 Hannover—Allemagne 244
· “NIKOBELA” Grosse Drakenburger Strasse, 3–31582 Nienburg.—Allemagne 244
· “Association Belgo-Biélorusse pour les Enfants de Tchernobyl—A.S.B.L.” 16 rue Marache—5031 Grand-Leez—Belgique (Belgium-Belarus Association for the Children of Chernobyl) 244
· “Chernobyl Children’s Project” 8 Sidneyville, Bellevue Park, St Luke’s, Cork—Ireland 244
· “Enfants de Tchernobyl Bélarus” (Children of Chernobyl Belarus), 20 rue Principale—68480 Biederthal—France 207, 239, 241, 244, 533, 537, 551, 553
· “Les Enfants de Tchernobyl”, (Children of Chernobyl) 378 rue de Modenheim 68110 Illzach—France 207, 244, 533
· “Solidarité de Biélorussie et de Tchernobyl” (Solidarity with Belarus and Chernobyl), 74 rue de Falaise—14 000 Caen—France 244
BEIR Biological Effects of Ionising Radiation, 62
BelAm Joint 30 year scientific project set up by the Ministry of Energy in USA and the Ministry of Health in Belarus to establish the number of cases of thyroid illness among the inhabitants of contaminated areas in Belarus, 245, 246, 269
BELRAD Independent Institute of Radiological Protection (Belarus), 3, 74, 112, 161, 164, 170, 218, 220–223, 228–235, 239, 240, 241, 243, 244, 248, 256, 258–260, 261, 265, 269, 270,272, 273, 274, 278, 283, 285, 286, 291, 292, 294, 304, 305, 330, 342, 365, 389, 397, 491, 514, 535–537, 541, 548, 551, 552, 555, 576, 577, 583, 586
CEA Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique. French. (Commisariat for Atomic Energy), 58, 165, 179, 180, 190, 264, 266, 267, 270, 348, 422, 423, 451, 560
CEPN Centre d’étude pour l’Évaluation de la Protection dans le domaine Nucléaire (Centre for the Study of the Evaluation of Nuclear Protection), 58, 240, 263, 264, 266, 270, 271, 275, 285, 365
CFDT Confédération française démocratique du travail One of the two main French Trade Unions. (French Democratic Confederation of Work), 180
CIS Community of Independent States. Formed in 1991 by Russia, Belarus and Ukraine as a successor to the USSR, 246
CODHOS Comité de Défense des Hommes de Science de l’Académie des Sciences de Paris (Committee for the Defence of Human Rights for Scientists at the Academy of Sciences of Paris), 539
COGEMA Compagnie générale des matières nucléaires. The French company that worked at all stages of the nuclear fuel cycle from the mining, conversion and enrichment of uranium to the treatment and reprocessing of used nuclear fuel. COGEMA is now called AREVA NC, 58, 180, 266, 270
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Comchernobyl Belarus government committee on the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster, 259, 348, 200, 206, 207, 229, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 282, 286, 290, 345, 357, 365
CONTRATOM Anti-nuclear organisation based in Geneva, Switzerland, 412, 556
CORE Cooperation for the Rehabilitation of conditions of life in the areas of Belarus contaminated by the Chernobyl accident, 12, 26, 187, 207, 239, 240, 241, 261, 264, 265, 275–298, 364, 548, 551
CRIIRAD Commission de Recherche et d’Information Indépendantes sur la radioactivité (Commission for Research and Independent Information about Radiation), 169, 207, 412, 454, 514, 535, 537, 539, 546, 547
DVTH Deutscher Verbande für Tschernobyl-Hilfe (Fédération allemande d’aide à Tchernobyl), 232, 233
EAD Effective Annual Dose, 224
ECG Electrocardiogram, 173, 174, 248, 298, 387, 388, 389, 391, 392, 395, 396, 397, 398, 399, 401, 402, 403, 473
ECRR European Committee on Radiation Risk. International centre for study and research, 60, 62, 184, 185, 446, 461, 600
EDF Électicité de France, 180, 264, 266, 270
ENS European Nuclear Society, 131
ETHOS Multi-disciplinary French-Belarusian consortium set up by the CEPN and financed by the European Commission for the rehabilitation of areas contaminated by the Chernobyl accident, 256, 257, 264–277, 279–288, 290, 295, 297, 298, 305, 333, 348, 415
EU European Union, 520
EURATOM European Atomic Energy Community, 233, 283
EUROSCIENCE European association for the promotion of Science and technology, 504
FDA Food and Drug Administration, 246
FRANCE LIBERTÉS Foundation set up by Danielle Mitterrand , 22 rue de Milan—75009 Paris, 169, 533, 535, 537, 538, 553
FRG Federal Republic of Germany, 161, 162
GNC Gosoudarstvennyi naoutchnyi centr (Russian Government Scientific Centre), 237
GNP Gross National Product, 290
GSIEN Groupement de Scientifiques pour l’Information sur l’Energie Nucléaire. French. (Scientist Group for Information on Nuclear Energy), 169, 289, 533, 535, 539
HRS Human Radiation Spectrometer sometimes called a Whole Body Counter, 160, 161, 162, 173, 174, 194, 199, 219–232, 243, 250, 257, 303, 304, 367, 472, 473, 474
IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency, 11, 38, 47–49, 51, 58–60, 62–64, 66, 67, 72, 74, 81, 96, 101, 137, 153, 155, 156, 158, 159, 162, 165, 168, 188, 199, 200, 202–204, 206, 218, 224, 230, 233, 234, 238, 246, 265, 283, 287, 297, 298, 300, 358, 386, 412–415, 417–423, 425–428, 430, 439, 440, 451, 453, 455, 460, 461, 463, 485, 536, 540, 541, 543–545, 547, 554, 556–560, 561, 563–568, 570–575, 578, 582–585, 588–590, 594, 596, 597, 600
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