Part one of term paper
On the night of April 25,1986, what was later described by Sen. Patrick Leahy (D,Ver.), as "by far the worst nuclear reactor accident known to mankind... beyond even the worst nightmares of nuclear scientists," occurred in the Soviet Union. At first, the Soviets said nothing about it. Only after Moscow officials were pressured by Swe ...

Part two of term paper
... consequences of the accident. Aid is being given to those affected. A government commission has been set up." The Soviets had withheld all information about the accident for over 36 hours and still did not reveal the scope of the disaster when they did finally acknowledge what had happened. We now believe that "at least 27 cities and villages near the Chernobyl nuclear plant are too contaminated by radioactivity to be resettled in the foreseeable future; and that "the radiation released st ...