"A large area that includes Fukushima Prefecture was seriously contaminated by radioactive materials emitted into the atmosphere and the ocean by the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (hereafter, FDNPS1) of the Tokyo Electric Power Company, which was caused…
"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, …
14-årige Janna-Berta og lillebroderen Uli flygter, da meddelelsen om udslippet fra Atomkraftværket lyder. Rædselsscener udspilles for øjnene af Janna-Berta. Strålebeskadiget, omgivet af døende, forsøger hun at finde et nyt udgangspunkt for sit liv.
From the moment radiation was discovered in the late nineteenth century, nuclear science has had a rich history of innovative scientific exploration and discovery, coupled with mistakes, accidents, and downright disasters. The author, a long-time advocate of continued nuclear re…
Life exposed: biological citizens after Chernobyl
On April 26, 1986, Unit Four of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor exploded in then Soviet Ukraine. More than 3.5 million people in Ukraine alone are still suffering the effects. This text examines the political, scientific and social circumstances that followed the disaster.
Life Exposed: Biological Citizens after Chernobyl
On April 26, 1986, Unit Four of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor exploded in then Soviet Ukraine. More than 3.5 million people in Ukraine alone, not to mention many citizens of surrounding countries, are still suffering the effects. Life Exposed is the first book to comprehensively…
A comprehensive examination of the vexed political, scientific and social circumstances that followed the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. Through extensive research in state institutions, clinics and laboratories, and with affected families, Adriana Petryna illustrates how the event…
Life exposed: biological citizens after Chernobyl
On April 26, 1986, Unit Four of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor exploded in then Soviet Ukraine. More than 3.5 million people in Ukraine alone are still suffering the effects. This text examines the political, scientific and social circumstances that followed the disaster.