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In the early hours of the morning of 26 April 1986, the nuclear reactor at the Chernobyl power plant in Ukraine exploded, unleashing a storm of radioactive material into the atmosphere and contaminating most of Europe with its fallout. It was a disaster on an unprecedented scale.

This is a story of hubris, heroism and tragedy as engineers, firefighters, doctors and government officials all worked to contain the fiasco.

In this volume, Ian Fitzgerald reveals the details of how the accident occurred, the desperate response to the situation and the investigation and recriminations that followed. He asks what lessons can be learned - and what, if anything, we are doing to make sure they can never happen again.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Arcturus Publishing (July 1, 2022)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1398805572
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1398805576
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11.5 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.98 x 0.83 x 9.17 inches

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Shs Dooms

Good, but with major flaws.

Reviewed in the United States on April 10, 2023

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The book is most certainly not bad, but it has some glaring mistakes, especially in the reactor department. For instance; it weren't the emergency backup generators that were disabled before the test, but the ECCS - the Emergency Core Cooling System. And Boron is not a reactor fuel, it is a neutron absorber used in Control Rods. It is the last thing you want in your reactor as a fuel. To control and/or stop the reactor, sure. As fuel, however, not so much. Being someone that has an extensive library on the RBMK reactor, these mistakes really distracted from my reading.

But when putting the mistakes aside for a moment, the rest is well written and mostly accurate. I could have done without the anti-nuclear rhetoric towards the end of the book, but it is what it is.

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Fiona May

Have read all the Chernobyl books, this is one of the best!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 26, 2022

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I am really enjoying this book. Normally the text around the actual event of the accident can be a little dull and repetitive. It has interesting facts on the early uses of atomic elements such as Radium and how they discovered Radiation Sickness It describes how the Atomgrad Pripyat was created and how the residents had special privileges that the rest of the USSR did not have. The creation of the actual reactors is also part of the book and the politics and economic factors which resulted in the RBMK's being used because they were cheaper than the PWR's which Bryukhanov, the director of the plant requested. There are some interesting photos from the time also.
I would highly recommend this book.

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OK.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 13, 2022

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OK - not too technical but explains well the political background causes of Chernobyl and Russia.
Leaves you enthused to read more.

Mr. Lee D. Rolls

Good concise and informative.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 6, 2023

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A thorough but easily
digestible description of events. Updated to include Ukrainian conflict. Good value as a informative introduction to key elements of story

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Very good book.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 16, 2022

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Very well written.
Good explanation of the science and the political background.

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