Chernobyl
by Serhii Plokhy · first published 2018
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Thanks for this. For those interested in radioactive wastelands, the current TV series ‘Chernobyl’ seems very good, and so is the book ‘Chernobyl: The History of a Nuclear Catastrophe’ by Serhii Plokhy https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_(miniseries) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36204894
on “Fukushima 8 years on – photo essay” ↗The book, 'Chernobyl, History of a Tragedy' by Serhii Plokhy gives a very good account of the accident. Days preceding, the burning days ,and political and social repurcussions there after.
on “Scene report from the Chernobyl Zone” ↗The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine, by Serhii Plokhy. He also wrote an excellent book about Chernobyl which I read last year.
on “Ask HN: What are some of the best books you have read in 2022?” ↗(in no particular order) https://www.lynalden.com/broken-money/ (Broken Money by Lyn Alden; ISBN13: 9798988666318) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36204894-chernobyl (Chernobyl: The History of a Nuclear Catastrophe by Serhii Plokhy; ISBN13: 9781541617094) https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/kim-stanley-robinso... (The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson;…
on “Ask HN: What did you read recently? Preferably long form, non-tech” ↗Serhii Plokhy’s Chernobyl: History of Tragedy seems a great text on the subject, and while the tv series is undoubtedly dramatised and many characters are morphed into one, the tv series seems to broadly follow the history of…
on “Remembering Allan McDonald, who refused to approve the Challenger launch” ↗…I'm not even going to talk about the handling of the May 1st, Workers day celebration, unnecessarily maintained despite alarming contamination levels in the atmosphere. Source: Serhii Plokhy's book "Chernobyl: History of a Tragedy" (2018) > Miners were enthusiastic and well compensated I think it's difficult to convey now the level of patriotism in the mind of the miners and soldiers. Maybe courage has declined…
on “Chernobyl and the Cost of Lies (2019)” ↗Mikhail Gorbachev for one https://slate.com/technology/2013/01/chernobyl-and-the-fall-... Edit: Chernobyl: The History of a Nuclear Catastrophe by Serhii Plokhy also makes a claim that the accident let to political instability in the Ukraine which certainly didn't help with…
on “Nuclear reactions are smoldering again at Chernobyl” ↗