Chernobyl 01: 23:40: The incredible true story of the world's worst nuclear disaster by Andrew Leatherbarrow

Chernobyl 01: 23:40: The incredible true story of the world's worst nuclear disaster

Andrew Leatherbarrow

256 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction history science emotional informative tense medium-paced
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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 s...

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