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Geschiedenis
At 01:23:40 on April 26th 1986, Alexander Akimov pressed the emergency shutdown button at Chernobyl's fourth nuclear reactor. It was an act that forced the permanent evacuation of a city, killed thousands, and crippled the Soviet Union. The event spawned decades of conflicting, exaggerated, and inaccurate stories.
This book, the result of five years of research, presents an accessible but comprehensive account of what really happened-from the desperate fight to prevent a burning reactor core from irradiating eastern Europe, to the self-sacrifice of the heroic men who entered fields of radiation so strong that machines wouldn't work, to the surprising truth about the legendary "Chernobyl diver," all the way through to the USSR's final show-trial. The historical narrative is interwoven with a story of the author's own spontaneous journey to Ukraine's still-abandoned city of Pripyat and the wider Chernobyl Zone.
© 2016 Tantor Media, Inc. (Luisterboek): 9781515982852
Publicatiedatum
Luisterboek: 11 oktober 2016
4.2
Geschiedenis
At 01:23:40 on April 26th 1986, Alexander Akimov pressed the emergency shutdown button at Chernobyl's fourth nuclear reactor. It was an act that forced the permanent evacuation of a city, killed thousands, and crippled the Soviet Union. The event spawned decades of conflicting, exaggerated, and inaccurate stories.
This book, the result of five years of research, presents an accessible but comprehensive account of what really happened-from the desperate fight to prevent a burning reactor core from irradiating eastern Europe, to the self-sacrifice of the heroic men who entered fields of radiation so strong that machines wouldn't work, to the surprising truth about the legendary "Chernobyl diver," all the way through to the USSR's final show-trial. The historical narrative is interwoven with a story of the author's own spontaneous journey to Ukraine's still-abandoned city of Pripyat and the wider Chernobyl Zone.
© 2016 Tantor Media, Inc. (Luisterboek): 9781515982852
Publicatiedatum
Luisterboek: 11 oktober 2016
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Petra
30 jun 2023
Goed geschreven zodat iedereen kan begrijpen wat er die dag fout kon gaan er waarom. De ervaringen van de schrijver tijdens zijn rondleiding door Pripyat en Chernobyl zijn boeiend. Het voelt alsof je erbij bent. Het maakt het verhaal ook afwisselend.
Sidney
12 jan 2024
Well written book, easy to understand for normal people.Personally, I thought the alternation between what happened and what the writer experienced during his visit was very good!
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