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Chernobyl

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**A Chernobyl survivor and the *New York Times* bestselling author of *The Gates of Europe* mercilessly chronicles the absurdities of the Soviet system in this vividly empathetic account of the worst nuclear accident in history ( *Wall Street Journal* ).** 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. In *Chernobyl* , Serhii Plokhy 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 the Communist party rule, the regime’s control over 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. A moving and definitive account, *Chernobyl* is also an urgent call to action.

Author

Serhii Plokhy

Format

Ebook

ISBN

9781541617087

Language

English

Pages

432

Publication Date

05-14-2018

Publisher

Basic Books

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