Chernobyl's Harm Was Far Less Than Predicted, U.N. Report Says
6th Sep 2005, 04:21 GMT
MOSCOW, Sept. 5 -- The long-term health and environmental impacts of the 1986 accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine, while severe, were far less catastrophic than feared, according to a major new report by eight U.N. agencies.
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