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90055599 |
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0465087752 |
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9780465087754 |
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0465086810 |
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9780465086818 |
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| International Standard Serial Number |
9780465087754 |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
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| System control number |
(OCoLC)22543321 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
363.17990947714 Med |
| Item number |
9 |
| 090 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED LC-TYPE CALL NUMBER (OCLC); LOCAL CALL NUMBER (OCLC) |
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88929 |
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88929 |
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| Classification number |
363.17990947714 Med |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Medvedev, Grigori. frey50 |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The truth about Chernobyl / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Grigori Medvedev ; translated from the Russian by Evelyn Rossiter ; with a foreword by Andrei Sakharov and author's preface to the American edition. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
[New York] : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
BasicBooks, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
1991. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xi, 274 pages ; |
| Dimensions |
25 cm |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Includes Index |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Foreword by Andrei Sakharov. Author's Preface. 1. Before Chernobyl. The Myth of Safety. The Accident at Three Mile Island. Precursors of the Disaster. Silence and Incompetence in High Places. Nuclear Power in East and West. 2. The Elements of the Tragedy. Flying Over the Ukraine. A Test Program Bypassing the Safety Rules. The Decision Makers. The Events of 25 April 1986. Violations of Nuclear Safety Rules. The Choice of Reactor. 3. 26 April 1986. The Last Seventeen Minutes and Fourteen Seconds. The Last Twenty Seconds. The Explosions. Eyewitnesses. In the Control Room. Rescue Work. Radioactivity. The Myth of the Intact Reactor. Fighting the Fires. First Alarms. The Experts Consult. At the Pripyat Medical Center. First Official Actions. 4. 27 April 1986. Evacuation. Trying to Seal Off the Reactor. 5. Reviewing the Damage: 28 April-8 May 1986. The Government Commission: 4-7 May 1986. Visiting the Scene of the Disaster: 8 May 1986. 6. The Lessons of Chernobyl. The Patients at No. 6 Clinic in Moscow. The Lessons of Chernobyl. Mitino Cemetery. A New Culture for the Nuclear Age. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
Recounts the panic and paralysis which overwhelmed the men and administrative bodies that were responsible for the Chernobyl plant. Also describes the refusal by the authorities to admit to the scale of the disaster and the needless genetic damage that this refusal inflicted. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Chernobyl Nuclear Accident |
| Location of event |
Chornobyl, Ukraine |
| General subdivision |
1986 |
| 651 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
Ukraine |
| Geographic subdivision |
Chornobyl |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Sakharov, Andrei, |
| Relator code |
Foreword |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Relator code |
Translator |
| Personal name |
Rossister, Evelyn |
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AJML |
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300 - 399 |
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