| Edition |
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. |
| Descript |
xx, 538 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, diagrams ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Nonfiction. |
| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-517) and index. |
| Contents |
Part 1: Birth of a city -- The Soviet Prometheus -- Alpha, beta, and gamma -- Friday, April 25, 5:00 p.m., Pripyat -- Secrets of the peaceful atom -- Friday, April 25, 11:55 p.m., Unit Control Room Number Four -- Saturday, April 26, 1:28 a.m., Paramilitary Fire Station Number Two -- Saturday, 1:30 a.m., Kiev -- Saturday, 6:15 a.m., Pripyat -- Sunday, April 27, Pripyat -- Part 2: Death of an empire -- The cloud -- The China Syndrome -- The battle of Chernobyl -- Inside Hospital Number Six -- The liquidators -- The investigation -- The sarcophagus -- The forbidden zone -- The trial -- The elephant's foot -- A tomb for Valery Khodemchuk. |
| Summary |
Draws on twenty years of research, recently declassified files, and interviews with survivors in an account of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster that also reveals how propaganda and secrets have created additional dangers. |
| Subject |
Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, Chornobylʹ, Ukraine, 1986.
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Nuclear power plants -- Accidents -- Ukraine -- Chornobylʹ.
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| ISBN/ISSN |
1501134612 |
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9781501134616 |
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9781501134630 (paperback ; SImon & Schuster) |
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