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Welcome to chernobyl legacy

“The future of nuclear power after the world’s worst nuclear accident”

This site is archived as a snapshot of the Chernobyl debate, 1986-2006.
It is one of The Right Sites family, where you'll find further debate about nuclear.

This site was produced for the 20th anniversary of the world's biggest nuclear accident

• A horror story the media and others “lied” about
• A nuclear facility which produced electricity until 2000
• A beautiful place populated by bright and brave people
• The world’s most famous accident, April 1986
• A place where nuclear waste will be handled for centuries

This site is edited by Richard D North. It gives accounts of many aspects of nuclear power, often using evidence from Chernobyl, in mini-essays, video clips, still images and links to other interesting sites. See menu at the left...

This site is sponsored by the Social Affairs Unit as a contribution to the nuclear power debate. Neither the SAU nor the site has received funding from any pro-nuclear interest.

Try these recent stories:

• June 2007: Nuclear terrorism: how bad a risk? (12 August 2008)
• July 2006: BBC's brilliant (04 August 2006)
• July 2006: BBC gets Three Mile Island as wrong as can be (07 July 2006)
• May 2006: Chernobyl Forum answers its critics (26 May 2006)
• May, 2006: The Future of Nuclear - Dumping its past? (11 May 2006)
• 23 April 2006: editorial on Chernobyl death toll dispute (23 April 2006)
• 18 April, 2006: Greenpeace claims 90,000-200,000 death toll (20 April 2006)
• April, 2006: A westerner in Chernobyl, 1995/6 (10 April 2006)
• 8 April 2006: New Scientist reports 30-60,000 likely to die (08 April 2006)

From our stills gallery:

Unit 4 Sarcophagus, 2005
 
Chernobyl plant offices, 2005

Farmland near Chernobyl