Chernobyl Forum

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The Chernobyl Forum was an international organization established in September 2005. It comprised seven United Nations organizations and programs, the World Bank, and the governments of Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine. The forum published a comprehensive report assessing the impact of the Chernobyl accident on public health. The accident, which occurred on April 26, 1986, at the Chernobyl power station in Ukraine, released a significant amount of radioactive material into the atmosphere, contaminating millions of acres and leading to severe health consequences for emergency workers and the surrounding population.123

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