THE CHERNOBYL REPORT

Following the containment efforts and evcuation effots of the catastrophic nuclear accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Soviet Union (present-day Ukraine), a comprehensive report was compiled to analyze the causes, impacts, and lessons learned from the incident called ‘ The Chernobyl Report’

The Chernobyl report documented various aspects of the accident, including the sequence of events leading up to the explosion, the failures in reactor design, safety procedures, and human error. It also detailed the environmental and health consequences of the disaster, estimating the release of radioactive materials and their dispersion in the surrounding areas.

The report was prepared by a ‘The Chernobyl Disaster Government Commission’ which included scientists, engineers, and government officials who were tasked with investigating the accident, assessing the damage, and formulating recommendations for future nuclear safety. With Valery Legasoc responsible for leading the team to write, analyze, investigate all sort of details of the disaster from the reactor to every people who work in it.

Valery Legasov, as the head of the commission, took on significant responsibility for overseeing the investigation, coordinating the work of the commission members, and compiling the final report. He played a crucial role in ensuring that the report accurately documented the causes of the accident, its consequences, and the necessary measures to prevent similar incidents in the future.

Despite the challenges and limitations, Valery Legasov’s leadership and the collective efforts of the State Commission on the Chernobyl Accident resulted in the production of a significant report that provided valuable insights into the causes and consequences of the disaster. The report received positive feedback from the west.

The Contributors

A lot of experts from the commission contribute to the Chernobyl report and worked tirelessly for it. Even most of their identities were not publicly disclosed due to the secrecy of the Soviet Union. However, some of the specific individuals who contributed to the writing of the Chernobyl Report are members of the INSAG and other experts in the field of nuclear safety.

Although there were not many public information to confirm the true amount of people who worked on the report. Legasov did credit a few of these people in the main content of the report. Each of them had their own roles on investigating, documenting and analyzing the disaster.

Abagyan, A. A.

Asmlov, V. G.

Gus’kova, A. K.

Denin, V. F.

Ii’in, L. A.

Izrael’, Yu. A.

Kalugin, A. K.

Konviz, V. S.

Kuz’znin, I. I.

Kuntsevich, A. D.

Legasov, V. A.

Mysenkov, A. I.

Pavlovskiy, 0. A.

Petrov, V. N.

Pikalov, V. K.

Protsenko, A. N.

Ryazantsev, Ye. P.

Sivintsev, Yu. V.

Sukhoruchkin, V. K.

Tokarenko, V. F.

Khirulev, A. A.

Shakh, 0. Ya.

Malkin. S. D.