Shelby Ball

GEOG 1300
8/2/19

Annotated Bibliography Eportfolio Assignment:

Research Subject: Europe, Ukraine, specifically the Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster.

“How Do Environmental Issues Threaten Basic Human Rights? The Case of the

Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster in Ukraine.” Usak University Journal of Social Sciences, vol.

8, no. 2, Spring 2015, pp. 85–97. EBSCOhost,

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This academic article discusses how the Chernobyl nuclear disaster violated the

basic human rights of those who lived in nearby areas including Ukraine, Belarus, and

Russia. They discuss how the basic human rights including right to healthy environment,

clean water and food, and right of live in general was violated and affected by the nuclear

disaster. They discuss how the nuclear radiation degraded the environment, thus human

rights.

This article would be probably one of the most important articles to discuss if I

were to write a paper about this subject. It would be very important to emphasize how the

Nuclear power plant operators cut corners when it came to safety, and this is a violation

of every human life that the nuclear disaster affected. It also includes a study backed by

scientific data regarding this particular subject.

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“Ukraine Troops Hold Target Practice in Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.” Www.dw.com, 1

Aug. 2019, www.dw.com/en/ukraine-troops-hold-target-practice-in-chernobyl-exclusion-

zone/a-49836625.

This is a current event news article that discusses how the Ukraine government is

using the exclusion zone from the Chernobyl Nuclear disaster for military training. It

discusses how the National Guard there trains there regularly, and DW news reporters

and tourists that have come to see the area have shown bullet holes in the surrounding

buildings that still stand. It discusses not only the danger of radiation to the training

military personnel, but also the danger from the buildings that are in poor condition and

could crumble on top of them.

This article would be good to include if I were to write a paper about this because

it is a very new current event article about my subject. It is about the area affected by the

radiation and whether it is safe enough for military training, tourists, or other people to be

in the area. This info would be important to include to give the reader some current

information regarding the long-lasting effect of nuclear radiation.

“30 Years After the Chernobyl Disaster, a Nuclear Menace Still Hides in Plain Sight.”

NPQ: New Perspectives Quarterly, vol. 33, no. 3, July 2016, pp. 37–43. EBSCOhost,

doi:10.1111/npqu.12046.

This article discusses the impact that the Chernobyl Nuclear disaster had on the

economy as well as the lives of the residents of Pripyat. It also contains an interview with

one of the survivors of the nuclear disaster. It leads in to discuss how the excursion zone
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from the disaster has been turned into a tourist attraction and how the Ukraine

government refuses to answer any questions about the disaster or talk about it in general.

I think that this article would be important to include because it discusses the

present-day use of the land that was affected by the disaster. It gives information and

details from the survivor of the nuclear disaster, someone who saw firsthand what

happened and the results from the nuclear radiation. It also discusses how the Ukraine

government does not want to talk about the incident, leading one to believe that they may

not share all of the information regarding the incident.

“After Three Decades of the Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster: Where We Are? What We

Have to Focus Upon?” Annals of Tropical Medicine & Public Health, vol. 10, no. 3, May

2017, pp. 753–754. EBSCOhost, doi:10.4103/1755-6783.196850.

This article from The Annals of Tropical Medicine & Public Health discusses the

present day affects of the nuclear radiation on plants, agriculture, and the health of the

surrounding populations that were exposed to the radiation. In the article, the author

discusses how more monitoring of the food and wellness is needed to be studied, as they

are not clear as to the actual number of people who suffered either illness or death from

the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.

I think that this article would be important to include in the hypothetical paper

because it discusses how there is more work that needs to be done regarding the safety of

the area exposed to the Chernobyl nuclear disaster radiation. I think that because not

enough studies have been done on the affects of agriculture or illnesses inflicted by the
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radiation, that there are is likely some relatively high statistics indicating that the

radiation effected a lot more than people realize.

“Perception and Experiencing of ‘Invisible Stress’ (in Relation to Radiation Incidents).”

Psychological Responses to the New Terrorism: A NATO-Russia Dialogue, vol. 3, no. 1,

Nov. 2005, pp. 129–136. EBSCOhost,

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This book discusses and analyzes the effects of the nuclear disaster that was

Chernobyl, on residents and workers in the surrounding area where the nuclear radiation

was exposed to the public. Scientists involved in this project conducted a study primarily

on the cognitive and psychological affects the nuclear disaster had on its survivors.

This book would be helpful because it would include scientific data and info

regarding the negative effects of the nuclear disaster rather than just the obvious physical

effects. If I were to write a paper on this subject, I would want to have this included

because it shows that the nuclear radiation has an extensive and catastrophic effect to

survivors in nearly every aspect of their lives, including their psychological health.
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References

Akyuz, Emrah. “How Do Environmental Issues Threaten Basic Human Rights? The Case of the

Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster in Ukraine.” Usak University Journal of Social Sciences, vol.

8, no. 2, Spring 2015, pp. 85–97. EBSCOhost,

Berdnyk, Mykola. “Ukraine Troops Hold Target Practice in Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.”

Www.dw.com, 1 Aug. 2019, www.dw.com/en/ukraine-troops-hold-target-practice-in-

chernobyl-exclusion-zone/a-49836625.

Moldovan, Ioana. “30 Years After the Chernobyl Disaster, a Nuclear Menace Still Hides in Plain

Sight.” NPQ: New Perspectives Quarterly, vol. 33, no. 3, July 2016, pp. 37–43.

EBSCOhost, doi:10.1111/npqu.12046.

Shrivastava, Saurabh R., et al. “After Three Decades of the Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster: Where

We Are? What We Have to Focus Upon?” Annals of Tropical Medicine & Public Health,

vol. 10, no. 3, May 2017, pp. 753–754. EBSCOhost, doi:10.4103/1755-6783.196850.

Tarabrina, N. V. “Perception and Experiencing of ‘Invisible Stress’ (in Relation to Radiation

Incidents).” Psychological Responses to the New Terrorism: A NATO-Russia Dialogue,

vol. 3, no. 1, Nov. 2005, pp. 129–136. EBSCOhost,

search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=asn&AN=31840790&site=ehost-live.