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The Legacy of Chernobyl | 
 enlarge | Author: Zhores A. Medvedev
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Category: Book
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 271007
Media: Paperback
Pages: 376
Number Of Items: 1
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Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.5 x 1
ISBN: 0393308146
Dewey Decimal Number: 363.1799
EAN: 9780393308143
ASIN: 0393308146
Publication Date: February 1992
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Product Description
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. Photographs.
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 CHERNOBYL: A ONE ACT PLAY January 3, 2007
T. G. Harpster (LAS VEGAS)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
The book was a fast read. I found the information fascinating, but the author suddenly was throwing numbers at me that I didn't quite understand.
My main reason for the purchase of this book was the info for a play. The info was clear and easy to understand, (except for the numbers I.E.
40 Ci/km and 2 just above the m, the equivalent of 1,500,000Bq/m with the number 2 above the m. I guess that means to the second power) Anyway I reccommend THE LEGACY OF CHERNOBYL BY Zhores Medvedev if anyone is interested in what happened at Chernobyl. This book helped me to write the one-act play "CHERNOBYL."
Fantastic book October 3, 2006
OMER (Dubai United Arab Emirates)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This book takes you right into the Chernobyl disaster. From the bungling government and perverse incentives placed on the nuclear engineer teams which made it a disaster just waiting to happen, to the clean up, evacuation (largely also botched) and health effects of the nuclear fallout.
It is amazingly detailed. The author even discusses wind patterns during the disaster which effected what areas were worst effected by what radioactive material (as the disaster progressed the wind AND the composition of the radioactive dust changed). I can honestly say that I was never really bored even though it gets technical in places.
The author's writing style actually makes a reader feel that they are there when the Reactor explodes... not to mention (for one example out of many)sharing frustration at the government's incompetence when they delay an evacuation for half a day thereby increasing the populations poisoning over ten-fold.
Highly Recommended.
 Is there really No Breathing Room? December 5, 2003
4 out of 20 found this review helpful
I thought this was a very good novel. I used this on several occations as a document for research papers I have wrote on the subject of Nuclear power and Chernobyl. The author is very accurate and shows the world what goes on behind the scenes.
A little too technical for me. April 10, 2001
Heather Lowe (Corning NY)
21 out of 29 found this review helpful
I bought this book hoping for a general introduction to the explosion, its causes and its aftermath. The book does contain such information, but it's buried underneath a heavy layer of technical detail that can be, at times, mind-numbingly boring. Unless you are a nuclear engineer or otherwise interested in the minutiae of the reactor's workings, I'd skip this book.
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