num_pages: 378
description: "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.
language: English
title: The Legacy of Chernobyl
titlecomplete: The Legacy of Chernobyl
genres: History, Science, Ukraine, Historical, Russia, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 114
publisher: W. W. Norton & Company