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Ban Ki-moon's Visit to Chernobyl

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2025

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On April 25, UN Secretary General Ban Kimoon published an opinion piece in the New York Times marking the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl tragedy. In it, Ban highlighted the parallels between Chernobyl and the ongoing crisis in Fukushima. While the Chernobyl crisis saw a much larger initial radiation release, reports now indicate a series of meltdowns at Fukushima. Reactor No. 1 is now known to have melted down just hours after the initial earthquake hit. In addition, reactors No. 2 and No. 3 are also thought to be in a state of meltdown. In this context, Ban calls on the world to rethink the place of nuclear power in global energy strategies.

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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 10 , Issue 54 , December 2012 , e58
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Between 2012 and 2014 we posted a number of articles on contemporary affairs without giving them volume and issue numbers or dates. Often the date can be determined from internal evidence in the article, but sometimes not. We have decided retrospectively to list all of them as Volume 10, Issue 54 with a date of 2012 with the understanding that all were published between 2012 and 2014.' As footnote