Chernobyl 01:23:40
The Incredible True Story of the World's Worst Nuclear Disaster

5 stars. my tumblr review “Those whose bodies were recovered are buried in welded zinc coffins, to prevent their radioactive remains from contaminating the soil.” Here is a collection of pictures taken by the author that can help to have a perspective of how's Chernobyl these days. Chernobyl is an......more

On April 26, 1986 the fourth reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant (officially named the Vladmir Ilyich Lenin Nuclear Power Plant) exploded during a test, releasing huge amounts of radiation and contamination into a large section of Ukraine. The USSR fought to control the contamination while......more

Un pugno nello stomaco. L'autore descrive minuziosamente questo evento catastrofico e spiega molto bene il funzionamento dei reattori nucleari delle centrali del ex URSS (l'ho capito anch'io che non ci capisco un acca di chimica e ingenieria quindi vi potete fidare!). In alcuni capitoli ho fatto veram......more

I am terribly sorry to be so negative towards an author who actually admits in the preface that he is inexperienced writer, doesn't specialize in nuclear physics, doesn't speak/read Russian/Ukrainian, is not a historian, but is interested in Chernobyl because he used to play a computer game and beca......more

2.5 stars. Chernobyl is a fascinating topic, but honestly, just watch the HBO series. There’s a ton of interesting information here and mostly well presented, but it doesn’t add anything particularly special. And I genuinely wanted to like the sections about the author’s trip to Ukraine, but they le......more