Site credits

I have highly enjoyed having the opportunity and time to create this website, which I myself have learn a lot by making it. I have always been interested in this particular disaster and this was the perfect opportunity to expand my knowledge this subject.

The site was carefully hand-coded in Intype.

The following is an acknowledgement of the images and information used in the production of this site.

Images

Index page

Header consists of multiple items sourced relating to the Chernobyl disaster. In order of appearance from left to right:

  1. Chernobyl geiger counter (credit: bongoherbitflickr.com)
  2. The Chernobyl reactor 4 with sarcophagus (Credit: Redrat 72wikipedia.org)
  3. Chernobyl resident glasses (credit: blinkofaneyeflickr.com)
  4. Chernobyl radiation map from CIA handbook (credit: CIA factbook via wikipedia.org)
  5. Old 1986 newspaper found in a Pripyat school classroom (credit: drogerflickr.com)

Opening page photos were borrowed from the following flickr.com users: Pedro Moura Pinheiro, stuck in customs and blinkofaneye.

Nuclear physics page

Both doodles were inspired by diagrams published in Physics 2 by David Sang ISBN 978-0-521-79715-3

Image of Igor was sourced from Chernobyl and other Nuclear Accidents by Judith Condon ISBN 0-7502-2170-4

Image of mutated daisy was sourced from Scott, a user on ibrattleboro.com

The power plant page

Doodle of Europe was traced from an image by David Liuzzo, sourced from wikipedia.org

Image of power station was scanned from Chernobyl 1986 by Vic Parker ISBN 1-406-20285-1

Doodle of reactor was based on a diagram found in Chernobyl and other Nuclear Accidents by Judith Condon ISBN 0-7502-2170-4

The disaster page

Both aerial view of aftermath are images from the Soviet Authorities which were found via wikipedia.org

Firefighter monument image was sourced from flickr.com and was taken by user brilliant chang

Fire engine grave image was sourced from flickr.com and was taken by user MarkNelson

Image of helicopter dropping material was sourced from msnbcmedia.msn.com

Evacuation sourced from the Soviet Authorities which was found via wikipedia.org

Convoy of buses was scanned from Chernobyl 1986 by Vic Parker ISBN 1-406-20285-1

Post-disaster

Image of liquidators was scanned from Chernobyl 1986 by Vic Parker ISBN 1-406-20285-1

Image of vehicle grave was sourced from carpetblogger, a member on flickr.com

Photos of sarcophagus sourced from chernobyl.info and arkiblog.net via google images

Image of mutated apple was sourced from pripyat.com

Mutated calf image was sourced from strangecorridor.blogspot.com (blog no longer exists)

Image of school building was taken by Mark Resnicoff and was found at nikongear.com/Chernobyl

Image of the cultural centre square was sourced from flickr.com and was taken by user Andy Gilham

Bibliography

Chernobyl 1986 by Vic Parker ISBN 1-406-20285-1

Chernobyl and other Nuclear Accidents by Judith Condon ISBN 0-7502-2170-4

International Atomic Energy Agency website — iaea.org

World Nuclear Association website — world-nuclear.org

Videos

Chernobyl disaster still being felt — msnbc.com video

Tour of Chernobyl — carlmontgomery.com

60 minutes reporter Richard Carlton visits Chernobyl 20 years after the disaster — 60 minutes video

Scripts

The jQuery javascript framework was used on the first page and quiz page of the site and is available at jQuery.com

The frist page photoslide show is built on jQuery and is work of Torsten Baldesmedienfreunde.com

The script on the quiz page highlighting rows is a modified version of a script written by Dave Stewartkeyframesandcode.com

All other scripts were hand-coded by myself.