Chernobyl : the history of a nuclear catastrophe

Plokhy, Serhii 1957- (author.).

Summary: On the morning of April 26, 1986, Europe witnessed the worst nuclear disaster in history: the explosion of a reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Soviet Ukraine. Dozens died of radiation poisoning, fallout contaminated half the continent, and thousands fell ill. The author draws on new sources to tell the dramatic stories of the firefighters, scientists, and soldiers who heroically extinguished the nuclear inferno. He lays bare the flaws of the Soviet nuclear industry, tracing the disaster to the authoritarian character of Communist party rule, the regime's control of scientific information, and its emphasis on economic development over all else. Today, the risk of another Chernobyl looms in the mismanagement of nuclear power in the developing world.

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ISBN: 9781541617094
ISBN: 1541617096
ISBN: 9781541617087
Physical Description: print
xvi, 404 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York, NY : Basic Books, [2018].
Copyright: ©2018