| View Larger Image | The Legacy of Chernobyl | Paperbackby Zhores A. Medvedev (Author)
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| | Binding: | Paperback | | Publisher: | W.W. Norton & Co. | | Page Count: | 376 Pages | | Publication Date: | February 17, 1992 | | Sales Rank: | 324,749th |
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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. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.0 based on 5 reviews)
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A early detailed dissection of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster by J. D. Balcomb (Astoria, Oregon)  4 Stars
November 01, 2009
This book is a must read for any serious student of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. It was written not long after the accident (1990) and so lacks information about the long-term health effects. However, the detail about the interactions of the participants, the top-down, Moscow directed policies that intentionally misled everyone including the operators, the comprehensive data about the immediate radioactive release, and the description of the sequence of events and decisions leading to the accident are both amazing and well researched. One of the most revealing aspects is that the radiation release, as bad as it was, could have actually been FAR WORSE. Cooling the basement with liquid nitrogen averted a complete meltdown into the water table. However, the author, as well as most reporters, doesn't display an understanding of the importance of xenon buildup that led to a positive-feedback nuclear excursion as the xenon burned out leaving a super-prompt-critical core.
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CHERNOBYL: A ONE ACT PLAY by T. G. Harpster (LAS VEGAS)  5 Stars
January 03, 2007
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."
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Fantastic book by OMER (Dubai United Arab Emirates) 5 Stars
October 03, 2006
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.
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Is there really No Breathing Room?  3 Stars
December 05, 2003
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.
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A little too technical for me. by Heather Lowe (Corning NY) 3 Stars
April 10, 2001
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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