Chernobyl: The end of the nuclear dream
Chernobyl - once the name of an obscure Soviet nuclear plant in the Ukraine - has become a global household word because of the April 1986 explosion that destroyed one of its reactors and spread radioactive fallout over most of the northern hemisphere. A September 1986 study from the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory revealed that this disaster released as much radioactivity into the soil, air, and water as all the nuclear tests and bombs exploded since the 1940s. In this book by a team of correspondents from the London Observer, all the essential information is given: a description of Chernobyl town and its nuclear plant; a vivid account of the events surrounding the accident, in which many people acted heroically; the delays in reporting the disaster; the problems of evacuating people and of coping with the injured; the reactions in the Soviet Union and around the world; and the immediate and possible longterm effects of the release of so much radioactivity.
- OSTI ID:
- 6380386
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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ACCIDENTS
ASIA
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS
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EASTERN EUROPE
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ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
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EVACUATION
EXPLOSIONS
FALLOUT
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INFORMATION DISSEMINATION
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MASS TRANSFER
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
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PHYSICAL RADIATION EFFECTS
POWER PLANTS
POWER REACTORS
PUBLIC OPINION
RADIATION EFFECTS
RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION
REACTOR ACCIDENTS
REACTORS
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UKRAINIAN SSR
US AEC
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