The Legacy of ChernobylW. W. Norton & Company, 17 feb 1992 - 378 páginas "A damning history of the Chernobyl affair, from its origins in the plant's primitive design and careless management to the economic and political crisis the accident precipitated." —Clenn Garelik, New York Times Book Review On the morning of April 26, 1986, a Soviet nuclear plant at Chernobyl (near Kiev) exploded, pouring radioactivity into the environment and setting off the worst disaster in the history of nuclear energy. Now a former Soviet scientist gives a comprehensive account of the catastrophe. |
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The catastrophe 2 6 | 21 |
Radioactive Volcano | 40 |
The second meltdown of the core | 55 |
Conclusion | 72 |
Environmental and ecological effects of the | 89 |
The Impact on Agriculture | 104 |
The Health Impact in the Soviet Union 12 9 | 129 |
Central and Eastern Europe 2 01 | 201 |
The rest of the world 2 2 0 | 220 |
pressurizedwater reactors 2 40 | 240 |
60 | 260 |
A History of Nuclear Accidents in the Soviet Union | 263 |
Nuclear Power after Chernobyl 2 89 | 289 |
The energy crisis after Chernobyl | 303 |
Conclusion | 312 |
The exclusion zone and the second phase of evacuation | 150 |
The longterm health effects | 165 |
Conclusion | 187 |
Notes and References 32 2 | 329 |
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