The Legacy of Chernobyl

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W. W. Norton & Company, 1992. gada 17. febr. - 378 lappuses

"A damning history of the Chernobyl affair, from its origins in the plant's primitive design and careless management to the economic and political crisis the accident precipitated." —Clenn Garelik, New York Times Book Review

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.
 

Saturs

A Postmortem of the Catastrophe I
1
The design problem
8
The setup for the accident
19
The catastrophe
26
Conclusion
33
Radioactive Volcano
40
The Environmental Impact
74
The Impact on Agriculture
104
The Global Impact
191
The Soviet Nuclear Energy Programme
226
A History of Nuclear Accidents in the Soviet Union
263
Nuclear Power after Chernobyl
289
Glossary of Scientific Terms Measurements and
315
Notes and References
322
Index
345
Autortiesības

The Health Impact in the Soviet Union
129

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Zhores Medvedev (1925—2018) was a Russian agronomist, biologist, historian, and dissident. He was the author of numerous books including Nuclear Disaster in the Urals, Legacy of Chernobyl, and Khrushchev: The Years in Power.

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