Voices from Chernobyl
Voices from Chernobyl

Author: Светлана Алексиевич

Publisher: White Lion Publishing

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13:

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Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award A journalist by trade, who now suffers from an immune deficiency developed while researching this book, presents personal accounts of what happened to the people of Belarus after the nuclear reactor accident in 1986, and the fear, anger, and uncertainty that they still live with. The Nobel Prize in Literature 2015 was awarded to Svetlana Alexievich "for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time."

Baba Dunja's Last Love
Baba Dunja's Last Love

Author: Alina Bronsky

Publisher: Europa Editions UK

Published: 2016-06-09

Total Pages: 116

ISBN-13: 1787700410

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Baba Dunja is a Chernobyl returnee. Together with a motley bunch of former neighbours, they set off to create a new life for themselves in the radioactive no-man's land. Geiger counter and irradiated forest fruits be damned, there in that abandoned patch of Earth they have everything they need. Terminally ill Petrov passes the time reading love poems in his hammock; Marja takes up with 100-year-old Sidorow; Baba Dunja whiles away her days writing letters to her daughter... rural bliss reigns, until one day a stranger turns up in the village, and the small settlement faces annihilation once again. With her trade-mark wry humour Bronsky tells the story of a community that shouldn't exist, and of a very unusual woman who late in life finds her own version of paradise.

After the Flood
After the Flood

Author: Arthur Geisert

Publisher:

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780395666111

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The sequel to The Ark takes us back to the period afterood. Beautiful full-color etchings trace the establishment and development of communities on Earth. The scenes alternate between panoramic views and details of the people and animals as they rehabitate the world.

The Social Impact of the Chernobyl Disaster
The Social Impact of the Chernobyl Disaster

Author: David R. Marples

Publisher: Springer

Published: 1988-09-01

Total Pages: 331

ISBN-13: 134919428X

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A personal interpretation of the impact of the Chernobyl disaster both in the Soviet Union and the West, examining the environmental consequences, Soviet media coverage, reconstruction of life in the disaster zone (including the city built for Chernobyl workers) and safety changes in the industry.

Chernobyl - What Have We Learned?
Chernobyl - What Have We Learned?

Author: Yasuo Onishi

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2007-06-03

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13: 1402053495

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This book presents a 20-year historical overview and comprehensive study results of the aquatic environment affected by the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident. The book analyzes water remediation actions, using current science and mathematical modeling, and discusses why some were successful, but many others failed. This book will interest engineers, scientists, decision-makers, and everyone involved in radiation protection and radioecology, environmental protection and risk assessment, water remediation and mitigation, and radioactive waste disposal.

Chronophagia
Chronophagia

Author: Robert Polidori

Publisher:

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9783869306988

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From his images of the Chateau of Versailles under restoration to the faded grandeur of Havana, to scenes of devastation from Chernobyl after the nuclear explosion and a New Orleans ravaged by Hurricane Katrina, Robert Polidori is drawn to detritus, shattered worlds and elegant ruin. Often considered an architectural photographer, Polidori captures more than buildings: his highly detailed views of interiors evoke both the intimate and the mysterious, wherein the humanity of these photos is felt in its very absence, in the traces left behind in vacant spaces once inhabited. This book is a sampling of Polidori's many famous projects created from the artist's own selection of more than one hundred photographs. The result is a compendium of Polidori's twenty-eight year career and a visual exploration of the liminal space between past and present, of worlds on the brink of disappearance.

Chernobyl
Chernobyl

Author: Ihor F. Kostin

Publisher:

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13:

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"Named the "man of legend" by the Washington Post, Igor Kostin is the main witness of the Chernobyl catastrophe. On April 26, 1986, several hours after the explosion, he flew over the plant; the radioactivity was so high that all his films turned black. Only one single picture survived: it was shown around the world. Surprised by the enormity of the disaster and the silence of the authorities, Kostin decided to stay and live in the midst of the 800,000 "liquidators" who followed each other on the site of the accident." "Himself affected by radiation, he did not stop, but for twenty years continued to photograph the plant and the forbidden zone surrounding it. His story became the story of Chernobyl. He witnessed the evacuation of villages, the desperation and the courage of the people, the construction of the sarcophagus, the men transporting radioactive blocks with naked hands, the machine cemetery, where man no longer belongs ... For the first time he tells the story in words and in pictures."--BOOK JACKET.

The Chernobyl Accident
The Chernobyl Accident

Author: International Atomic Energy Agency

Publisher:

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13:

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The INIS Reference Series defines the rules, standards, formats, codes and authority lists on which the International Nuclear Information System is based. Over the years most manuals have been revised or merged, and further revisions will be issued in the future. The series consists of 10 current manuals, all of which are available in print, on microfiche and many in electronic form, as described below. The Thesaurus gives the Spanish translation of the controlled vocabulary to be used by INIS members to index the literature they report to INIS. This authority ensures consistent subject indexing. Revision 32 of the Spanish version contains 19 422 accepted terms (descriptors) and 6065 forbidden terms (non-descriptors). The terms are listed alphabetically in Spanish, followed by the English equivalent, and with each alphabetic entry a 'word block' containing all the terms associated with that particular entry is displayed.