| Description |
220 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Perspectives on modern world history |
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Perspectives on modern world history.
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| Contents |
Historical background on the Chernobyl disaster. The Chernobyl disaster / David R. Marples ; The development of the Soviet nuclear industry / David F. Duke ; Soviet secrecy in the face of calamity / Celestine Bohlen ; The Soviet myth of safety / Grigori Medvedev ; An economic catastrophe / Richard L. Hudson -- Controversies surrounding the Chernobyl disaster. Initial reports show the Soviet response to Chernobyl was successful / Richard Wilson ; Radiation exposure and negative health outcomes were underreported and underestimated / Glenn Alan Cheney ; Radiation exposure from the Chernobyl disaster was not as severe as expected / International Atomic Energy Agency ; Belarus absorbed the brunt of Chernobyl's radiation / Fred Weir ; Which country suffered the most from Chernobyl is unclear / Mary Mycio ; Russian and Belarusian officials continue to minimize the impact of Chernobyl / Yelena Starovoitova ; The Chernobyl disaster was the fatal blow to the USSR / Stephen Weeks ; Farming in the contaminated zones of Belarus / Steven Lee Myers ; Children harmed by the Chernobyl accident should be helped at home / Sarah Carey ; A comparison of the Chernobyl and Three Mile Island incidents / Richard D. Fitzgerald ; The Chernobyl disaster shows that nuclear energy is inherently unsafe / Harvey Wasserman ; Chernobyl tourism / Tom Parfitt -- Personal narratives. A control room worker talks about the accident and life afterwards / Vivienne Parry ; A liquidator's experience at Chernobyl / Sergei B., interviewed by Mark Resnicoff ; Women and children in Chernobyl / Svetlana Alexievich ; Poems by a Pripyat refugee / Lyubov Sirota, translated by Leonid Levin and Elisavietta Ritchie ; An Irish activist working with "Chernobyl orphans" / Adi Roche ; A Chernobyl tourist / Charles Hawley |
| Summary |
Collects twenty-three essays that provide varying perspectives on the Chernobyl disaster, discussing the development of the Soviet nuclear industry, secrecy, safety, response, radiation exposure, farming in contaminated zones, tourism, and other related topics, and including personal stories about the accident |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-207) and index |
| Subject |
Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, Chornobylʹ, Ukraine, 1986 -- History.
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Nuclear power plants -- Accidents -- Ukraine -- Chornobylʹ.
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| Author |
Nelson, David Erik.
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| LC no. |
2009027203 |
| ISBN |
073774555X |
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9780737745559 (hardcover) |
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