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The truth about Chernobyl
| Author | Grigori Medvedev |
| Date | 1991 |
| Classification | 2.34.8.10/88 (CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT - CONSEQUENCES SURROUNDINGS - GENERAL) |
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From the publication:
THE TRUTH ABOUT CHERNOBYL GRIGORI MEDVEDEV This is a passionate, powerful account of what happened at Chernobyl by Grigori Medvedev, the chief engineer at the time of the plant's construction in 1970. Sixteen years later, he returned to Chernobyl to investigate the worst nuclear accident in history. Other than the scant information provided in official reports, everything we know about the catastrophe comes from Grigori Medvedev. Medvedev knew that the design of the plant had been "a death sentence waiting to be executed." Although nothing required him to do more than make an official report from the safe distance of several miles away, he felt compelled to go into the plant to determine what had happened and why. He interviewed virtually every major participant, including key figures who died from radiation sickness within weeks. The story-written as a countdown-is replete with high drama and heroism: fire- fighters who worked without protective gear, doctors who treated patients emitting radiation, and turbine operators who narrowly prevented the fire from jumping to other units. Here too is absurdity and incompetence galore: the accident itself was caused by a simple test of the emergency systems to be used in the event of an electrical power failure. Basic safety precautions were nonexistent. The Troth About Chernobyl is a primary document of vital significance and a powerful statement of the dangers of nuclear power.
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