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Chernobyl

Release on 2012-11-22 | by Chris Park

The book explores the significance of the accident within the Soviet Union, considers its impact on public confidence in nuclear power, and reviews what improvements are necessary in emergency planning throughout the rest of the world.

Author: Chris Park
Publisher:
ISBN: 0415677440
Category: Science
Page: 224
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Chernobyl

First published in 1989, Chernobyl: The Long Shadow offers a balanced review of what happened there, why and how it happened, and what the main lessons and implications of the accident are. It looks back on events during and after the disaster, in particular reviewing how it and the radiation fallout were dealt with in different countries and looks forward to how the incident might affect the nuclear power industry around the world. The book explores the significance of the accident within the Soviet Union, considers its impact on public confidence in nuclear power, and reviews what improvements are necessary in emergency planning throughout the rest of the world. It is written from an inter-disciplinary perspective; based on detailedscienctific research, which is described in non-specialist terms, it considers themes like attitudes to nuclear power and political reaction to the accident itself. It sets the Chernobyl accident into a proper context. Chernobyl: The Long Shadow will appeal to students and teachers of geography, environmental science, international politics, nuclear physics, and to anyone interested in current affairs and environmental problems.

Language: en
Pages: 24

The Long Shadow of Nuclear Weapons

Authors: Ryūkichi Imai

Categories: Nuclear industry

Type: BOOK - Published: 1993 - Publisher:

Books about The Long Shadow of Nuclear Weapons

Language: en
Pages:

The NEBI Yearbook

Authors: Ryūkichi Imai

Categories: Baltic States

Type: BOOK - Published: 1998 - Publisher:

Books about The NEBI Yearbook

Language: en
Pages:

Problems of Communism

Authors: Ryūkichi Imai

Categories: Communism

Type: BOOK - Published: 1986 - Publisher:

Books about Problems of Communism

Language: en
Pages: 394

Historical Dictionary of Belarus

Authors: Vitali Silitski, Jan Zaprudnik

Categories: History

Type: BOOK - Published: 2007 - Publisher: Historical Dictionaries of Eur

The political map of Eastern Europe changed dramatically in December 1991 when the leaders of Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine huddled together in a Bielavie?a Forest retreat and decided to dissolve the 15 union republics, which composed the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). One of those republics was the Belorussian