Chernobyl Perspectives on Modern World History 1st Edition by David Erik Nelson 9780737745559 073774555X

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ISBN 10: 073774555X

ISBN 13: 9780737745559

Author: David Erik Nelson

Describes the events of what scientists accept as the worst nuclear disaster in history, with emphasis on the environmental effects on the immediate area and the world.

Table of contents:

1. Historical Background on the Chernobyl Disaster

   • The Chernobyl Disaster / David R. Marples

   • The Development of the Soviet Nuclear Industry / David F. Duke

   • Soviet Secrecy in the Face of Calamity / Celestine Bohlen

   • The Soviet Myth of Safety / Grigori Medvedev

   • An Economic Catastrophe / Richard L. Hudson

2. Controversies Surrounding the Chernobyl Disaster

   • Initial Reports Show the Soviet Response to Chernobyl Was Successful / Richard Wilson

   • Radiation Exposure and Negative Health Outcomes Were Underreported and Underestimated / Glenn Alan Cheney

   • Radiation Exposure from the Chernobyl Disaster Was Not as Severe as Expected / International Atomic Energy Agency

   • Belarus Absorbed the Brunt of Chernobyl’s Radiation / Fred Weir

   • Which Country Suffered the Most from Chernobyl Is Unclear / Mary Mycio

   • Russian and Belarusian Officials Continue to Minimize the Impact of Chernobyl / Yelena Starovoitova

   • The Chernobyl Disaster Was the Fatal Blow to the USSR / Stephen Weeks

   • Farming in the Contaminated Zones of Belarus / Steven Lee Myers

   • Children Harmed by the Chernobyl Accident Should Be Helped at Home / Sarah Carey

   • A Comparison of the Chernobyl and Three Mile Island Incidents / Richard D. Fitzgerald

   • The Chernobyl Disaster Shows That Nuclear Energy Is Inherently Unsafe / Harvey Wasserman

   • Chernobyl Tourism / Tom Parfitt

3. Personal Narratives

   • A Control Room Worker Talks About the Accident and Life Afterwards / Vivienne Parry

   • A Liquidator’s Experience at Chernobyl / Sergei B., interviewed by Mark Resnicoff

   • Women and Children in Chernobyl / Svetlana Alexievich

   • Poems by a Pripyat Refugee / Lyubov Sirota, translated by Leonid Levin and Elisavietta Ritchie

   • An Irish Activist Working with “Chernobyl Orphans” / Adi Roche

   • A Chernobyl Tourist / Charles Hawley

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