Legal consequences
World nuclear power as a result of the Chernobyl accident was a serious blow. From 1986 to 2002 in North America and Western Europe was not built any new nuclear power plant, which is associated both with the pressure of public opinion, and that have significantly increased premiums and reduced the profitability of nuclear power.
In the Soviet Union was bogged down or stopping the construction and design 10 new nuclear power plants, frozen in the construction of dozens of new reactors at existing nuclear power plants in different regions and republics.
The legislation of the USSR and then Russia was assigned the responsibility of individuals, deliberately concealing or not bringing to the population effects of environmental disasters, technological accidents. Information relating to environmental safety seats, now can not be classified as secret.
Under article 10 of the Federal Law of 20 February 1995 N 24-FZ "On information, informatization and information protection" when reporting on emergencies, environmental, meteorological, demographic, sanitary-epidemiological and other data necessary for the safe operation of production facilities, security citizens and the general public, are open and can not treat information with restricted access.
In accordance with Article 7 of the Federal Law of July 21, 1993 N 5485-1 «On State Secrets" are not subject to classification as state secrets and classified as secret information about the state of the environment.
The current Criminal Code of Russia in Article 237 establishes the liability of persons for concealing information about the circumstances that endanger the life or health.