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Midnight in Chernobyl : the untold story of the world's greatest nuclear disaster / Adam Higginbotham.
By: Higginbotham, Adam [author.]
.Publisher: London : Bantam Press, an imprint of Transworld Publishers, 2019Description: xx, 538 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white), maps.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780593076835; 9780593076835.Subject(s): Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, Chornobyl', Ukraine, 1986 | Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, Chornobyl', Ukraine, 1986 -- Political aspects | Nuclear power plants -- Accidents -- Ukraine -- Chornobyl' | Radioactive pollution -- Ukraine -- Chornobyl'DDC classification: 363.1799094777
Contents:
Part I. The birth of a city -- The Soviet Prometheus -- Alpha, beta and gamma -- Friday, April 25, 5:00 p.m., Pripyat -- Secrets of the peaceful atom -- Friday, April 25, 11:55 p.m., Unit Control Room Number Four -- Saturday, April 26, 1:28 a.m., Paramilitary Fire Station Number Two -- Saturday, 1:30 a.m., Kiev -- Saturday, 6:15 a.m., Pripyat -- Sunday, April 27, Pripyat -- Part II. Death of an empire -- The cloud -- The China syndrome -- The battle of Chernobyl -- Inside Hospital Number Six -- The liquidators -- The investigation -- The sarcophagus -- The forbidden zone -- The trial -- The elephant's foot -- A tomb for Valery Khodemchuk.
| Item type | Current library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | House of Lords Library - Palace Dewey | 363.1799094777 HIG (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 016654 |
Part I. The birth of a city -- The Soviet Prometheus -- Alpha, beta and gamma -- Friday, April 25, 5:00 p.m., Pripyat -- Secrets of the peaceful atom -- Friday, April 25, 11:55 p.m., Unit Control Room Number Four -- Saturday, April 26, 1:28 a.m., Paramilitary Fire Station Number Two -- Saturday, 1:30 a.m., Kiev -- Saturday, 6:15 a.m., Pripyat -- Sunday, April 27, Pripyat -- Part II. Death of an empire -- The cloud -- The China syndrome -- The battle of Chernobyl -- Inside Hospital Number Six -- The liquidators -- The investigation -- The sarcophagus -- The forbidden zone -- The trial -- The elephant's foot -- A tomb for Valery Khodemchuk.