Chernobyl 01:23:40
by Andrew Leatherbarrow · first published 2016
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For a better-researched, well-sourced and grounded write-up of a visit to Chernobyl — with tons of background on the incident itself — see Andrew Leatherbarrow's Chernobyl 01:23:40, which is available as a blog as well as an e-book: https://leatherbarrowa.exposure.co/chernobyl. Edit: Posted to HN here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20033770.
on “Scene report from the Chernobyl Zone” ↗…and really incredible that the U.S.S.R. didn't feel any responsibility to share such information with Europe. Amazing research and effort by the author. This is the Amazon link: https://www.amazon.com/Chernobyl-01-Incredible-Nuclear-Disas...
on “The Chernobyl Story in pictures” ↗“Research by Andrew Leatherbarrow, author of Chernobyl 01:23:40,[81] determined that the frequently recounted story is a gross exaggeration. Alexei Ananenko continues to work in the nuclear energy industry, and rebuffs the growth of the Chernobyl media sensationalism…
on “Scene report from the Chernobyl Zone” ↗…suicide mission and they died a few days later, implying of course that the Soviet Union knowingly send them to death. However, according to Wikipedia: > Research by Andrew Leatherbarrow, author of Chernobyl 01:23:40, determined that the frequently recounted story is a gross exaggeration. Alexei Ananenko continues to work in the nuclear energy industry [...]. While Valeri Bezpalov was found to still be alive, the…
on “Scene report from the Chernobyl Zone” ↗I don't think so. I'm trying to find some sources, and it seems like all the clickbait articles reference a book by some guy named Andrew Leatherbarrow, "Chernobyl 01:23:40" (and Leatherbarrow is just some guy without any particular expertise). I can't find any justification for why there was a chance that millions would have died and half of Europe was almost rendered uninhabitable.…
on “One of the oldest known human settlements is about to be flooded by a dam” ↗I'm getting my information from the book written by Andrew Leatherbarrow "Chernobyl 01:23:40" -- not a TV series. Yes, according to him they are still alive. It was indeed a probable suicide mission because all of them went in there knowing full well there was a significant chance that they would…
on “BYU profs create new nuclear reactor to produce nuclear energy more safely” ↗…entitled to your own opinion, but others who have researched Chernobyl far more extensively than you or I have concluded differently. I am primarily getting my information from Andrew Leatherbarrow's book "Chernobyl 01:23:40". In that book, he states essentially the same as I have above. However, it's not just Andrew Leatherbarrow who thinks so. All it takes is a simple Google search and you'll find reputable research papers…
on “BYU profs create new nuclear reactor to produce nuclear energy more safely” ↗…since corium began dripping harmlessly into the flooded bubbler pools before the water could be removed. That line in the Wikipedia article seems to conflict with the book I read by Andrew Leatherbarrow "Chernobyl 01:23:40". In the book he states that if the water hadn't been drained and if the molten core had reached the water it "would have done unimaginable damage and destroyed the entire power station, including the…
on “BYU profs create new nuclear reactor to produce nuclear energy more safely” ↗…hundreds of thousands of people's work and billions of dollars have been spent trying to reduce the surface radiation levels around Chernobyl. A huge amount of earth was moved to bury surface radiation. Chernobyl 01:23:40 goes into a lot of detail about the sheer scale of work that was poured into the cleanup project. It's easy to get romantic about nature, animals, biodiversity etc. but if that work had not been done…
on “Fukushima: Wild boars take over Japan's evacuated towns [video]” ↗