This report was prepared after the Post-Accident Review Meeting on the Chernobyl Accident, Vienna, 25–29 August 1986. A team of Soviet experts who presented a report on the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power station on 26 April 1986 jointly with INSAG members and other associated experts prepared this agreed report on the accident and formulated recommendations for follow-up actions by the IAEA.
Contents: Executive summary; Introduction; 1. The accident at Chernobyl Unit 4; 2. The radionuclide release from the accident; 3. The response at the site; 4. Radiation protection aspects of the accident; 5. Safety issues to be pursued; 6. General observations and provisional conclusions; 7. Recommendations; Annex: RBMK reactors at Chernobyl nuclear power station Units 3 and 4.

The guidebook provides recommendations, based on the experience of both developed and developing countries, for upgrading or establishing national education and training capabilities in engineering and science in order to develop qualified personnel for nuclear power programmes. Special consideration has been given to the specific needs and conditions of developing countries.
Contents: Introduction; 1. Important aspects of engineering and science education for nuclear power; 2. Nuclear-oriented programmes in mechanical, electrical, chemical, nuclear, electronics engineering and in radiation health physics; 3. Nuclear specialization (S) programmes; 4. Undergraduate (U) and post-graduate (P) programmes in nuclear-oriented mechanical (U1, P1), electrical (U2, P2) and chemical (U3, P3) engineering and postgraduate programme in nuclear engineering (P4) for graduates of nuclear-oriented mechanical and electrical undergraduate programmes; 5. Integrated undergraduate (U) and postgraduate (P) programmes in nuclear engineering (U5, P5) and radiation health physics (U6, P6); 6. Basic nuclear science and engineering laboratory; 7. Measures for implementing and improving engineering and science education and training capabilities for nuclear power personnel.