EVACUATION AT CHERNOBYL--A FLEET OF 1200 BUSES EVACUATED RESIDENTS LIVING NEAR CHERNOBYL FOLLOWING THE WORLD'S WORST NUCLEAR POWER ACCIDENT

Discusses the role of bus transportation in the evacuation of Chernobyl in the Soviet Union after the 1986 accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power station. Over 1200 large buses and 300 trucks were used in the evacuation of Chernobyl, a town with a population of 45,000 persons. That evacuation is described in this article submitted to Metro Magazine by the Soviet Embassy in Washington, D.C.

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  Bobit Publishing Company

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• Authors:
  • Kanin, Y
• Publication Date: 1987-9

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 138-144
• Serial:
  • Metro
  • Volume: 83
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: Bobit Publishing Company
  • ISSN: 10098-0083

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus transportation; Crashes; Disaster preparedness; Disasters and emergency operations; Radioactive materials
• Uncontrolled Terms: Emergency procedures; Emergency response
• Geographic Terms: Chernobyl (Ukraine)
• Old TRIS Terms: Nuclear accidents
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Motor Carriers; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00479103
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 31 1989 12:00AM