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Nuclear Safety Review

Russia · Government / Government of Russia. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1986

Mikhail Sergeyevich GorbachevMay 1986

Moscow · Government / Government of Russia

Orders broader consideration of nuclear-safety shortcomings exposed by the Chernobyl accident.

Names involved

Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev

Provenance

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