Andrew Leatherbarrow Bücher

The narrative unfolds just after the devastating tsunami strikes Fukushima Daiichi, leading to a catastrophic explosion at Unit 1. The destruction is vividly depicted, with debris flying violently and the reactor's crane collapsing, causing chaos and injury among the emergency responders. The scene highlights the immediate dangers faced by the fire crew, including the injury of the plant's fire chief, showcasing the harrowing reality of the disaster and the perilous conditions they endure in the aftermath.

Examines the events and aftermath of the 1986 nuclear reactor explosion in Chernobyl and its long term effects.

At 01:23:40 on April 26th 1986, Alexander Akimov pressed the emergency shutdown button at Chernobyl’s fourth nuclear reactor. It was an act that forced the permanent evacuation of a city, killed thousands and crippled the Soviet Union. The event spawned decades of conflicting, exaggerated and inaccurate stories. This book, the result of five years of research, presents an accessible but comprehensive account of what really happened. From the desperate fight to prevent a burning reactor core from irradiating eastern Europe, to the self-sacrifice of the heroic men who entered fields of radiation so strong that machines wouldn’t work, to the surprising truth about the legendary ‘Chernobyl divers’, all the way through to the USSR’s final show-trial. The historical narrative is interwoven with a story of the author’s own spontaneous journey to Ukraine’s still-abandoned city of Pripyat and the wider Chernobyl Zone. Complete with over 45 pages of photographs of modern-day Pripyat and technical diagrams of the power station, Chernobyl 01:23:40 is a fascinating new account of the world’s worst nuclear disaster.