Chernobyl
On April 26, 1986, at 1:23 A.M., an accident occurred during a test of a turbine generator on the Unit 4 reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power station in the Ukraine. The accident resulted from the improper withdrawal of control rods and the ... [... more]
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The Legacy of Chernobyl
 A little too technical for me.: I bought this book hoping for a general introduction to the explosion, its causes and its aftermath. The book does contain such information, but it's buried underneath a heavy layer of technical detail that can be, at [... more]
$10.95
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Nuclear Accidents Kill Brightly Colored Birds Most
The brighter the bird, the less likely it is to survive the devastating effects of radiation exposure, according to a new study that examined avian populations around the 1986 nuclear disaster site at Chernobyl, Ukraine. The same chemicals that ... [... more]
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Piers Paul Read
Paul Piers Read is the author of numerous, critically acclaimed works of fiction and nonfiction, including A Patriot in Berlin (1996), Ablaze: The Story of the Heroes and Victims of Chernobyl (1993), On the Third Day (1989), and A Season in the ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
Spooky Places in Europe - European Travel
Walk the favorite London streets of Jack the Ripper, remember the terror of Dachau and Auschwitz, tour the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant or lose yourself in the mystical sites of Stonehenge and Loch Ness. Located near Kraków, this memorial is a ... [... more]
Bella Online |
April 26 - Today In History - Today in History
- Ships with over 100 passengers first made landfall just off the coast of what would become Jamestown. - The Gestapo, the German secret police, was founded by Hermann Gorig. - Chernobyl, one of the world's worst nuclear disasters, occurred today ... [... more]
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Legacy of Chernobyl
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The Children Of Chernobyl
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$4.29
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The Ecology of the Chernobyl Catastrophe: Scientific ...
The Ecology of the Chernobyl Catastrophe: Scientific Outlines of an International Programme of Collaborative Research [... more]
$60.46
A1 Books |
How to Understand Nuclear Energy
The nuclear power industry got a one-two punch in the late 1970's and mid-1980's: first, the movie "The China Syndrome" convinced millions of Americans that nuclear plants were ticking time bombs, and second, the meltdown of the Chernobyl plant [... more]
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Chernobyl
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