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Nature 440, 993-994 (20 April 2006) | doi:10.1038/440993a; Published online 19 April 2006
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Chernobyl and the future: Too soon for a final diagnosis
Dillwyn Williams1 & Keith Baverstock2
- Dillwyn Williams is in the Thyroid Carcinogenesis Research Group, Strangeways Research Laboratories, Worts Causeway, Cambridge CB1 8RN, UK.
- Keith Baverstock is in the Department of Environmental Science, University of Kuopio, 70211 Kuopio, Finland.
Abstract
Twenty years ago, the nuclear accident at Chernobyl exposed hundreds of thousands of people to radioactive fallout. We still have much to learn about its consequences, argue Dillwyn Williams and Keith Baverstock.
Why should we still be concerned about the Chernobyl accident after 20 years, some 3,000 papers and many conferences? One reason is that the consequences of the world's worst peacetime nuclear accident are relevant to national debates about building new nuclear power stations.
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