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The doomsday machine : the high price of nuclear energy, the world's most dangerous fuel / by Cohen, Martin,1964-; McKillop, Andrew.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-237), Internet addresses and index.LSC
Subjects: Nuclear industry.; Nuclear energy; Nuclear energy; Nuclear power plants.; Nuclear accidents.;
© 2012., Palgrave Macmillan,
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Midnight in Chernobyl : the untold story of the world's greatest nuclear disaster / by Higginbotham, Adam,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Early in the morning of April 26, 1986, Reactor Number Four of the Chernobyl Atomic Energy Station exploded, triggering one of the twentieth century's greatest disasters. In the thirty years since then, Chernobyl has become lodged in the collective nightmares of the world: shorthand for the spectral horrors of radiation poisoning, for a dangerous technology slipping its leash, for ecological fragility, and for what can happen when a dishonest and careless state endangers its citizens and the entire world. But the real story of the accident, clouded from the beginning by secrecy, propaganda, and misinformation, has long remained in dispute. Drawing on hundreds of hours of interviews conducted over the course of more than ten years, as well as letters, unpublished memoirs, and documents from recently-declassified archives, Adam Higginbotham brings the disaster to life through the eyes of the men and women who witnessed it firsthand.
Subjects: Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, Chornobylʹ, Ukraine, 1986.; Nuclear power plants;
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The warning [sound recording] / by Patterson, James,1947-author.; Larkin, Christine,narrator.; Collyer, Will,narrator.; Wells, Robison E.,author.; Hachette Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by Christine Larkin and Will Collyer.Returning home after a power-plant accident, Maggie and Jordan discover something is very wrong and as friends and family morph into terrifying strangers, their search for the truth puts them in the crosshairs of a sinister presence.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Audiobooks.; Nuclear power plants; Small cities;
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Worst case scenario : a novel / by Newman, T. J.(Novelist),author.;
"When an airplane crashes into a nuclear reactor, it's not just a plane crash: it's an extinction-level event. The newest thriller from NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author and former flight attendant T.J. Newman is the story of one woman's resilience in the face of a disaster of epic proportions, one with consequences not just for the fated passengers, but for the world"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Aircraft accidents; Disasters; Families; Nuclear reactor accidents; Nuclear reactors; Survival;
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Worst case scenario [text (large print)] : a novel / by Newman, T. J.(Novelist),author.;
"When an airplane crashes into a nuclear reactor, it's not just a plane crash: it's an extinction-level event. The newest thriller from NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author and former flight attendant T.J. Newman is the story of one woman's resilience in the face of a disaster of epic proportions, one with consequences not just for the fated passengers, but for the world"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Large print books.; Novels.; Aircraft accidents; Disasters; Families; Nuclear reactor accidents; Nuclear reactors; Survival;
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Atoms and ashes : a global history of nuclear disasters / by Plokhy, Serhii,1957-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."A chilling account of seventy years of nuclear catastrophes, by the author of the "definitive" (Economist) Cold War history, Nuclear Folly. Nuclear energy was embraced across the globe at the height of the nuclear industry in the 1960s and 1970s; today, there are 440 nuclear reactors operating throughout the world, with nuclear power providing 10 percent of world electricity. Yet as the world seeks to reduce carbon emissions to combat climate change, the question arises: Just how safe is nuclear energy? Atoms and Ashes recounts the dramatic history of nuclear accidents that have dogged the industry in its military and civil incarnations since the 1950s. Through the stories of six terrifying major incidents--Bikini Atoll, Kyshtym, Windscale, Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and Fukushima--Cold War expert Serhii Plokhy explores the risks of nuclear power, both for military and peaceful purposes, while offering a vivid account of how individuals and governments make decisions under extraordinary circumstances. Atoms and Ashes provides a crucial perspective on the most dangerous nuclear disasters of the past, in order to safeguard our future"--
Subjects: Nuclear accidents; Nuclear engineering; Nuclear engineering; Nuclear weapons;
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All that is solid melts into air / by McKeon, Darragh,1979-;
Includes bibliographical references.A story about the lives of everyday ordinary people in Ukraine trying to survive after Chornobyl as the Soviet Union struggles to deal with a disaster of this proportion.LSC
Subjects: Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, Chornobylʹ, Ukraine, 1986; Nuclear accidents; Environmental disasters;
© c2014., HarperCollins,
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The command [videorecording] / by Schoenaerts, Matthias,1977-actor.; Seydoux, Léa,1985-actor.; Simonischek, Peter,actor.; Sydow, Max von,1929-actor.; Diehl, August,1976-actor.; Firth, Colin,1960-actor.; Vinterberg, Thomas,1969-film director.; Mongrel Media,film distributor.;
Matthias Schoenaerts, Lea Seydoux, Peter Simonischek, August Diehl, Max Von Sydow, Colin Firth.Follow the final hours of an 'unsinkable' Russian nuclear submarine as it sinks to the bottom of the Barents Sea. Some of the crew survives the initial explosion, including officer Mikhail Kalekov, whose pregnant wife and child are waiting back home. Unfortunately, their rescue is complicated by bureaucracy between Russia, France, Norway, and Britain, with British navy chief David Russell attempting to convince Russian officials to accept foreign aid.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Historical films.; Feature films.; Kursk (Submarine); Submarine disasters; Nuclear submarines; Submarines (Ships);
For private home use only.
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The warning / by Patterson, James,1947-author.; Wells, Robison E.,author.;
Returning home after a power-plant accident, Maggie and Jordan discover something is very wrong and as friends and family morph into terrifying strangers, their search for the truth puts them in the crosshairs of a sinister presence.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Nuclear power plants; Small cities; Detective and mystery stories;
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Manual for survival : a Chernobyl guide to the future / by Brown, Kate(Kathryn L.),author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."A chilling exposé of the international effort to minimize the health and environmental consequences of nuclear radiation in the wake of Chernobyl. Governments and journalists tell us that though Chernobyl was "the worst nuclear disaster in history," a reassuringly small number of people died (44), and nature recovered. Yet, drawing on a decade of fine-grained archival research and interviews in Ukraine, Russia, and Belarus, Kate Brown uncovers a much more disturbing story--one in which radioactive isotypes caused hundreds of thousands of casualties. Scores of Soviet scientists, bureaucrats, and civilians documented stunning increases in cases of birth defects, child mortality, cancers, and a multitude of prosaic diseases, which they linked to Chernobyl. Worried that this evidence would blow the lid on the effects of massive radiation release from weapons testing during the Cold War, international scientists and diplomats tried to bury or discredit it. A haunting revelation of how political exigencies shape responses to disaster, Manual for Survival makes clear the irreversible impact on every living thing not just from Chernobyl, but from eight decades of radiation from nuclear energy and weaponry."--
Subjects: Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, Chornobylʹ, Ukraine, 1986; Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, Chornobylʹ, Ukraine, 1986; Ionizing radiation; Radioactive pollution;
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