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. Ed(S): Onishi, Yasuo; Voitsekhovich, Oleg V.; Zheleznyak, Mark J. - Chernobyl - What Have We Learned? - 9789400798922 - V9789400798922
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Chernobyl - What Have We Learned?

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Description for Chernobyl - What Have We Learned? Paperback. Editor(s): Onishi, Yasuo; Voitsekhovich, Oleg V.; Zheleznyak, Mark J. Series: Environmental Pollution. Num Pages: 301 pages, biography. BIC Classification: RNF; RNP; RNQ; TQSW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 468.
Twenty years ago, on April 26, 1986, Unit 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant experienced a nuclear reactor accident and released six times more radionuclides into the atmosphere than the Hiroshima atomic bomb. The accident significantly damaged the environment and is expected to result in as many as 4000 deaths due to leukemia and other cancers. The cause of the accident was specific to a particular Soviet-built reactor; but the environmental and human consequences are applicable to Western nuclear plant accidents. Contrary to public perception, the former Soviet Union did what they could to protect the public from ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
301
Condition
New
Series
Environmental Pollution
Number of Pages
291
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789400798922
SKU
V9789400798922
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15

Reviews for Chernobyl - What Have We Learned?
Aus den Rezensionen: "... Das vorliegende Buch, verfasst auf Englisch, versehen mit einer Fulle von Berechnungsgrundlagen - gut erlautert - , wartet mit aussagekraftigen Tabellen und Grafiken auf, die geeignet sind, einen Gutteil des ... wahren Ausmasses der ... Folgen des bisher grossstmoglichen [sic] industriellen Unfalls der Weltgeschichte ins Bewusstsein des Lesers zu katapultieren. ... Die ... Autoren ... warten ... Read more

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