The Chernobyl catastrophe has become a key reference point in current debates concerning the future of nuclear energy and, more generally, the protection and contamination of the environment. Fire in the rain tells the story of this disaster and of the trail of political reactions, from misinformation to secrecy, that followed the radioactive fallout around Europe.
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The Chernobyl catastrophe has become a key reference point in current debates concerning the future of nuclear energy and, more generally, the protection and contamination of the environment. Fire in the rain tells the story of this disaster and of the trail of political reactions, from misinformation to secrecy, that followed the radioactive fallout around Europe.
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Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 163 pages. This book "tells the story of the Chernobyl catastrophe and the trail of political reactions which followed the radioactive fallout across Europe. As news of the explosion spread, governments produced remarkably different accounts of events-usually reflecting the influence of the national nuclear industry. The author examines the range of responses, the political and environmental implications that are still unfolding. He also offers a scientific explanation of what went wrong, describes when and where radioactive fallout occurred, and explains the far-reaching economic and medical consequences." FINE HARDCOVER, FINE DUST JACKET.
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Very good in Very good jacket. The format is approximately 5.625 inches by 8.75 inches. xi, [1], 163, [1] pages. Appendix: Computing Energies and doses. Bibliography. Index. DJ has slight wear and soiling. A narrative of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident and the trail of political reaction which followed the radioactive fallout across Europe and into the world. In an important new take on the topic, Gould examines the remarkably varied accounts produced by governments as news of the explosion spread accounts usually reflecting the influence of the national nuclear industry. Peter Gould (18 November 1932-22 January 2000) was an Evan Pugh Professor Emeritus of Geography at Penn State University. Throughout his tenure at Penn State University, Gould received many awards including the Lauréat Prix International de Géographie Vautrin Lud, the Retzius Gold Metal of the Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography, as well as an honorary Doctor of Science from the Universitaire de Strasbourg. Dr. Gould was a main contributor to the quantitative revolution in the field of Geography. Professor Gould is still well known for his work with spatial analysis, and mental maps. His research on dynamic structures of geographic space and on television in particular constitute early building blocks for researching the geography of media and communication. The Peter R. Gould Center for Geography Education and Outreach within the Department of Geography at the Pennsylvania State University was named in his honor. Colgate University's Geography Department gives a Peter Gould Award in Geography annually. The Chernobyl catastrophe has become a key reference point in current debates concerning the future of nuclear energy and, more generally, the protection and contamination of the environment. The Chernobyl disaster was a nuclear accident that occurred on 26 April 1986 at the No. 4 reactor in the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, near the city of Pripyat in the north of the Ukrainian SSR in the Soviet Union. Called the world's worst-ever civil nuclear incident, it is one of only two nuclear energy accidents rated at seven-the maximum severity-on the International Nuclear Event Scale, the other being the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan. The initial emergency response, together with later decontamination of the environment, involved more than 500, 000 personnel and cost an estimated 18 billion roubles-roughly US$68 billion in 2019, adjusted for inflation. The Soviet government engaged in a major cover-up of the disaster in 1986. When they finally acknowledged it, although without any details, the Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union (TASS) then discussed the Three Mile Island accident and other American nuclear accidents, which Serge Schmemann of The New York Times wrote was an example of the common Soviet tactic of whataboutism. The mention of a commission also indicated to observers the seriousness of the incident, and subsequent state radio broadcasts were replaced with classical music, which was a common method of preparing the public for an announcement of a tragedy in the USSR. Chernobyl's health effects to the general population are uncertain. An excess of 15 childhood thyroid cancer deaths were documented as of 2011. A United Nations committee found that to date fewer than 100 deaths have resulted from the fallout. Determining the total eventual number of exposure-related deaths is uncertain based on the linear no-threshold model, a contested statistical model. Model predictions of the eventual total death toll in the coming decades vary. The most widely cited studies by the World Health Organization predict an eventual 9, 000 cancer-related fatalities in Ukraine, Belarus and Russia. Following the disaster, Pripyat was abandoned and eventually replaced by the new purpose-built city of Slavutych.