The legacy of Chernobyl: disaster for the Lapps: nuclear fallout destroys an economy centered on reindeer. From: U.S. News & World Report | Date: March 23, 1987| Author: Knight, Robin | COPYRIGHT 1987 All rights reserved. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The legacy of Chernobyl: Disaster for the Lapps

To Paul and Mai Klemetsson, therewas nothing very significant in a radio news bulletin about a nuclear accident in the Soviet Union. "It went in one ear and out the other,' recalls Paul. "It seemed so far away.'

They know better now. Nearly a yearafter the Chernobyl nuclear-power-plant disaster of April, 1986, the Klemetssons are living through a nightmare that threatens their own livelihood and the entire rein...

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