The Chernobyl disaster, April 26, 1986
By: Paul Dowswell.
Series: Days that shook the world
Publisher: Raintree Steck-Vaughn
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Austin, TX
Language: eng
Number of pages: 47
Subjects: Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, Chornobylʹ, Ukraine, 1986 -- Juvenile literature.; Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, Chornobylʹ, Ukraine, 1986.; Nuclear power plants -- Accidents.
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Other titles: Chernobyl disaster
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 45) and index.
Table of contents: title: The day before; title: What is nuclear power?; title: The pros and cons of nuclear power; title: Nuclear accidents before Chernobyl; title: The rise and decline of Soviet Russia; title: Chernobyl, pride of the Soviet Union; title: April 25-26, 1986: countdown to disaster; title: April 26, 1986: the last crucial moments; title: April 26, 1986: the reactor explodes; title: Till dawn: inside the building; title: Till dawn: outside the building; title: Dawn to dusk; title: What caused the Chernobyl disaster?; title: What the Soviet Union did next; title: From cover-up to global sensation; title: The immediate effects; title: The aftermath; title: The impact on the "nuclear debate"; title: Chernobyl today.