GreenFacts summarises Chernobyl’s Legacy report:

Chernobyl, the most significant accident in nuclear history, took place on 26 April 1986. Even 20 years later, the accident has left the world with many unanswered questions about its impact on human health, the environment, and the socio-economic sector.

To provide some answers, GreenFacts has released a Three-Level Summary of Chernobyl’s Legacy, a report published in March 2006 by the Chernobyl Forum. This forum included hundreds of experts from, e.g., the International Atomic Energy Association (IAEA), the World Health Organisation (WHO), and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The GreenFacts summary is freely accesible on www.greenfacts.org/chernobyl/ and is also available in Spanish and French.

At the time of the accident, large parts of Europe were contaminated by radioactive materials. The greatest contamination occurred around the reactor in areas that are now part of Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine. Focusing on that region, Chernobyl’s Legacy compiled the latest research on the accident’s impact on humans, plants, animals, as well as the economy.

"I was pleased to assist you in this work", said Dr. Burton Bennett, chairman of the Chernobyl Forum and reviewer of the GreenFacts summary of Chernobyl’s Legacy. "I wish to compliment you in your good efforts to clarify issues about the environment."

GreenFacts asbl/vzw is an independent non-profit organisation based in Brussels that publishes faithful on-line summaries of authoritative scientific documents on environment and health matters in several languages. These summaries are presented as questions and answers in three levels of detail, making the scientific consensus easily accessible to non-specialists.