Chernobyl, 9781838862121
Hardcover
Nuclear disaster, heroic cleanup, and haunting ghost town: Chernobyl revealed.

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  • Hardcover

    224 pages

  • Release Date

    14 June 2022

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Summary

On 26 April 1986, the unthinkable happened near the Ukrainian town of Pripyat: two massive steam explosions ruptured No. 4 Reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, immediately killing 30 people and setting off the worst nuclear accident in history. The explosions were followed by an open-air reactor core fire that released huge amounts of radioactive contamination into the atmosphere for the next nine days, spreading across the Soviet Union, parts of Europe, and especially neighbouring B…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781838862121
ISBN-10:1838862129
Author:Michael Kerrigan
Publisher:Amber Books Ltd
Imprint:Amber Books
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:224
Release Date:14 June 2022
Weight:915g
Dimensions:250mm x 192mm x 22mm
Series:History in Photographs
About The Author

Michael Kerrigan

Michael Kerrigan is the author of the History of Russia, Stalin, Amazing Churches of the World, Enigma, and Cold War Plans That Never Happened, among many other books. Educated at Oxford University, he is also a feature writer and reviewer for The Scotsman and the Times Literary Supplement. He lives in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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