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This Day in History: CHERNOBYL Incident (April 1986) & NGM coverage

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Today is the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster. I vividly recall being in 1st grade, and our whole school was interrupted w/ an announcement, first in January about the CHALLENGER, and then a scant 88 days later, a similar P.A. call from the Principal to tell us about Chernobyl, and that we shouldn't panic. National Geographic, of course provided a degree of coverage on the Chernobyl incident, in its customary delayed and informative way. 

Here's a broad run-down on NGM content regarding Chernobyl . . .

- articles:

  • May 1987, pgs. 632-653 ~ "Chernobyl: One Year Later"
  • April 1989, pgs. 402-437 ~ "Living with Radiation"  --   [also see: Editorial pg.]
  • August 1994, pgs. 100-115 ~ "Living With the  Monster -- Chronobyl"
  • April 2006, pgs. 32-53 ~ "The Long Shadow of Chernobyl"  ; and related, "Nuclear Power: Risking a Comeback" , pgs. 54-63    --   [also see: Editor's Note]

- other: Departments feature(s):

  • 'On Assignment'  --  July 2002, pg. 132/33 :  Fallout from an Assignment; re: Peter Essick, story photographer's exposure concerns
  • 'OnScreen & Online'  --  Sept. 2004 : (4th pg. counted from front cover) : "Seconds From Disaster" series on Nat Geo Channel announcement, re: Chernobyl
  • 'Inside Geographic'  --  April 2006, article contributor info.  (5th last pg. from rear cover)
  • 'NGM.com'  --  April 2006, 2nd Contents pg.  :  blurb re: a "Sights & Sounds" multimedia module on the website

other/ancillary: 

  • * medical aspects of radiation's effects was covered in January 1987 issue NGM, "Medicine's New Vision"
  • "Lethal Legacy: Pollution in the Former Soviet Union" ~ August 1994 NGM article

* SCAN image from the U.K.-Euro. English-language edition of NGM, featuring an alternate cover story from our N. American (e.g., San Francisco's great quake  @ 100 yrs. cover imagery). 

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And also, from Smithsonian.com, "30 years ago today" --->

Thirty years ago, a meltdown at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Soviet Union caused a devastating nuclear disaster, which still resonates today. The incident killed at least 30 plant employees and firemen, and the World Health Organization estimates that 4,000 people could eventually die of radiation exposure from the tragedy. Watch drone footage of the post-apocalyptic town that once thrived in the shadow of the power plant.

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/thirty-years-later-giganti... 

                    Cheers, 

                                   -  S.S. 

Epilogue:

* the 2 stories for August 1994 both won the Sigma Delta Chi award to Asst. Editor Mike Edwards, for "top excellence in journalism"

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