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In the early hours of the morning of 26 April 1986, the nuclear reactor at the Chernobyl power plant in Ukraine exploded, unleashing a storm of radioactive material into the atmosphere and contaminating most of Europe with its fallout. It was a disaster on an unprecedented scale. This is a story of hubris, heroism and tragedy as engineers, firefighters, doctors and government officials all worked to contain the fiasco. In this volume, Ian Fitzgerald reveals the details of how the accident occurred, the desperate response to the situation and the investigation and recriminations that followed. He asks what lessons can be learned - and what, if anything, we are doing to make sure they can never happen again.

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Ian Fitzgerald has over 20 years experience as an editor and writer. He has worked for History Today, John Blake Books and Atlas Editions. He has covered subjects as wide ranging as the history of ancient Greece and Rome, the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche and life in modern prisons. He is the author of several books, including The Deep State and Chernobyl.

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