The International Chernobyl Project (1991) – a look back in time
Channel: IAEAvideo
Date: 2021-04-26

To mark the occasion of 35 years since the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, the International Atomic Energy Agency is publishing a documentary today that was made by the Agency thirty years ago - The International Chernobyl Project (1991). 
 
The film may look dated now but it tells an important story – of international collaboration and support following the accident.
 
The film covers a project launched in 1990 at the request of the Government of the USSR to assess the environmental and health situation in the areas of the Soviet Union contaminated by the Chernobyl accident, and to evaluate the measures taken by the authorities to safeguard the health of the population still living there. Some 200 scientists from 25 countries and seven international and regional organizations participated in the International Chernobyl Project. Almost 50 missions to the USSR were carried out in order to obtain the best available information and to make an independent assessment of the situation.
 
The IAEA continues to provide key support and coordination to the decommissioning effort in Chernobyl (now called Chornobyl) as well as ongoing remediation work across the region.
 
The IAEA Director General visited Ukraine for the anniversary. See his statement here: https://youtu.be/W7i4kvB9hiI 
 
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