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Atoms and Ashes: From Bikini Atoll to Fukushima

Door Serhii Plokhy

Categorie	Algemeen Geschiedenis
Boeknummer	#407226-XS15
Titel	Atoms and Ashes: From Bikini Atoll to Fukushima
Auteur	Plokhy, Serhii
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	London : Allen Lane
Jaar van uitgave	2022
ISBN10	0241516773
ISBN13	9780241516775
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original grey boards, dust jacket, some illustrations in b/w, 8vo.
Samenvatting	In 2011, a 43-foot-high tsunami crashed into a nuclear power plant in Fukushima, Japan. In the following days, explosions would rip buildings apart, three reactors would go into nuclear meltdown, and the surrounding area would be swamped in radioactive water. It is now considered one of the costliest nuclear disasters ever. But Fukushima was not the first, and it was not the worst. . . In Atoms and Ashes, acclaimed historian Serhii Plokhy tells the tale of the six nuclear disasters that shook the world: Bikini Atoll, Kyshtym, Windscale, Three Mile Island, Chernobyl and Fukushima. Based on wide-ranging research and witness testimony, Plokhy traces the arc of each crisis, exploring in depth the confused decision-making on the ground and the panicked responses of governments to contain the cr... (Lees verder)ises and cover up the scale of each catastrophe. As the world increasingly looks to renewable and alternative sources of energy, Plokhy lucidly argues that the atomic risk must be understood in explicit terms, but also that these calamities reveal a fundamental truth about our relationship with nuclear technology: that the thirst for power and energy has always trumped safety and the cost for future generations.
Pagina's	345
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 15,00

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