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Midnight in Chernobyl, the untold story of the world's greatest nuclear disaster, Adam Higginbotham

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Includes bibliographical references (pages [491]-517) and index

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Midnight in Chernobyl

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Adam Higginbotham

the untold story of the world's greatest nuclear disaster

Higginbotham's definitive, years-in-the-making account of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster--and an investigation into how propaganda, secrecy, and myth have obscured the true story of one of the twentieth century's greatest disasters. Drawing on hundreds of hours of interviews conducted over the course of more than ten years, as well as letters, unpublished memoirs, and documents from recently-declassified archives, Higginbotham has written a narrative which brings the disaster to life through the eyes of the men and women who witnessed it firsthand. The result is a definitive account of an event that changed history: a story that is more complex, more human, and more terrifying than the Soviet myth. --From publisher description

Part one. 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 two. 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

Untold story of the world's greatest nuclear disaster /