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Chernobyl/Chornobyl Story Map Journal

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Open the Map Journal The Chernobyl/Chornobyl Story Map Journal combines narrative text with maps and images. It contains entries and sections that users can scroll through. Each section in the Map Journal has an associated map or an image.

Sonya Gupta

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She graduated from the University of Illinois at Chicago with a double degree (in Biological Sciences and Polish, Russian, & Eastern European Studies) and a minor in sociology. As a self-taught GIS user, Sonya has spent the last few years using GIS to...

Medical Literature Thus Far

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After the Chernobyl accident, there were concerns about an increase in cancer rates in the areas affected by radiation due to the distribution of relatively small doses of radiation over a long period. Radiation exposure can come from both internal and...

Radionuclides and Physics

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The accident at Chernobyl released ionizing radiation, a type of radiation that damages living tissues and causes DNA mutations in cells, which can lead to cancer and other health problems. Ionizing radiation is released by atoms and has enough energy to...

A Brief Summary

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On April 26, 1986, the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Chernobyl had a terrible nuclear accident that changed the course of history. In the following weeks, a large amount of radioactive material was released into the atmosphere due to the explosion...

Nataliia Levchuk

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Nataliia Levchuk is a Senior Researcher at the Ptoukha Institute of Demography and Social Studies, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. She received her PhD in Demography from the Institute of Economics and the Institute of Demography and Social...

Kostyantyn Bondarenko

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Kostyantyn Bondarenko is IT Professional at the Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University and Project Manager for the MAPA: Digital Atlas of Ukraine program. Since 2001, he has worked at the Institute to improve and expand its IT services by...

Serhii Plokhii 

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Serhii Plokhii is Mykhailo Hrushevsky Professor of Ukrainian History at Harvard University, Director of the Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University, and Faculty Director for the MAPA: Digital Atlas of Ukraine program. He teaches courses and...