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NPP Accident Scenarios, 2002-2003

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 22

Scope and Contents

From the Series:

This series contains four subdivisions: Becker's Correspondence, Becker's Committees, Becker's Speeches and Papers, and Subject Files. The Becker's Committees and Speeches and Papers subserieses include files on his various committees and research projects related to the Chernobyl accident. His major activity was leading the US team under the Joint Coordinating Committee for Civilian Nuclear Reactor Safety, which study the effects of the Chernobyl disaster on the people living in the area. He was also active in the WHO project to study thyroid cancer in children in Belarus and Ukraine. The Subject Files are comprised of general files on the Chernobyl and other nuclear accidents.

Dates

  • 2002-2003

Conditions Governing Access

From the Collection:

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Extent

5 boxes

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the Medical Center Archives of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine Repository

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