Atoms and Ashes: A Global History of Nuclear Disasters

by Serhii Plokhy

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Almost 145,000 Americans fled their homes in and around Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in late March 1979, hoping to save themselves from an invisible enemy: radiation. The reactor at the nearby Three Mile Island nuclear power plant had gone into partial meltdown, and scientists feared an explosion that could spread radiation throughout the eastern United States. Thankfully, the explosion never took place--but the accident left deep scars in the American...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1324064552

ISBN13:9781324064558

Release Date:May 2023

Publisher:W. W. Norton & Company

Length:384 Pages

Weight:0.70 lbs.

Dimensions:1.4" x 5.6" x 7.9"

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