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Publisher:
HBO Home Entertainment
Pub. Date:
[2019]
Language:
English
Average Rating:
4.8 stars
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In April 1986, an explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics becomes one of the world's worst man-made catastrophes. This gripping 5-part HBO miniseries tells the powerful and visceral story of this event and its aftermath.
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640L
Language:
English
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"This title will help readers understand the causes, timeline, and aftermath of the Chernobyl disaster. The title is complete with glossary, index, and additional facts"--
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In 1986, a test at a Soviet Union nuclear reactor plant went terribly wrong. A reactor exploded, releasing deadly radiation into the surrounding area. Chernobylexamines the scope of the disaster, its causes, and how people can keep a similar disaster from happening again. Easy-to-read text, vivid images, and helpful back matter give readers a clear look at this subject. Features include a table of contents, infographics, a glossary, additional resources,...
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Publisher:
Jump!
Pub. Date:
2018
Language:
English
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In Chernobyl, early fluent readers will learn about the science behind the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they explore what we have learned in the wake of this disaster. An infographic illustrates the impact of the Chernobyl disaster, and an activity offers kids an opportunity to extend discovery. Children can learn more about Chernobyl using our safe search...
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Six tourists hire an extreme tour guide who takes them to the abandoned city of Pripyat, the former home to the workers of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor. During their exploration, they soon discover they are not alone.
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Publisher:
Twenty-First Century Books
Pub. Date:
[2015]
Lexile measure:
1190L
Language:
English
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HBO Home Entertainment
Pub. Date:
[2019]
Language:
English
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
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Tells the story of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.
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Publisher:
Triangle Interactive, LLC
Pub. Date:
2018
Language:
English
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Each Flash Points: Disaster! EShort is a single chapter from the full Flash Points: Disaster! Title, packaged as a mini ebook. Flash Points: Disaster! Eshorts include The Triangle Factory Fire, The Hindenburg, Chernobyl, and The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill.
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Publisher:
Arcturus Digital Limited
Pub. Date:
2022
Language:
English
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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...
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Publisher:
Amber Books Ltd
Pub. Date:
2024
Language:
English
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On 26 April 1986, the unthinkable happened near the Ukrainian town of Pripyat: two massive steam explosions ruptured No. 4 Reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, immediately killing 30 people and setting off the worst nuclear accident in history. The explosions were followed by an open-air reactor core fire that released huge amounts of radioactive contamination into the atmosphere for the next nine days, spreading across the Soviet Union,...
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Publisher:
Tablo Pty Ltd
Pub. Date:
2019
Language:
English
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Arising from the ashes of Chernobyl like a phoenix is a beautiful, tragic and very strange love. A Romeo and Juliet story in the wake of the monstrous nuclear disaster. By a beautiful lake is situated the Home for children affected by the devastating radioactive explosion. Rob, one of its inhabitants, is a boy deeply scarred by his hatred for people. All this has to change when he meets the charming dwarf-like extraterrestrial Kissy. Kissy is a messenger...
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Publisher:
Fulton Books, Inc
Pub. Date:
2021
Language:
English
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"Chernobyl: The Rest of the Story" This book is intended to serve as a fact-based sourcebook on the Chernobyl disaster. It covers the accident, its causes and effects-especially the radiological consequences, including the health effects, and the international assistance to enclose the radioactive remains in a safe state. Above all else, it provides reliable information and data for both the specialist and layperson alike. Special attention is devoted...
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Publisher:
Richardson & Steirman, Inc
Pub. Date:
[1987]
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Findaway Voices
Pub. Date:
2024
Language:
English
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On April 26, 1986, the world witnessed one of the gravest technological disasters in human history: the Chernobyl nuclear catastrophe. Occurring at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant's No. 4 reactor in Pripyat, then part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, the event not only claimed lives but also left a legacy of environmental and human suffering that persists to this day. This calamity stands as the deadliest nuclear accident in history,...
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Pub. Date:
2013
Lexile measure:
870L
Language:
English
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Across the globe, devastating disasters have changed the course of history. This title brings the Chernobyl disaster to life with well-researched, clearly written informational text, primary sources with accompanying questions, charts, graphs, diagrams, timelines, and maps, multiple prompts, and more. Explore the tragedies and triumphs of this disaster, how it helped shape the world as we know it, and how what we've learned from it has made the world...
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Hugo and Nebula award-winning science fiction Grand Master Frederik Pohl presents a fictional account of the worst nuclear disaster in human history. Chernobyl: The very name conjures the catastrophe that the world feared could happen someday at a nuclear power plant. On April 26, 1986, a power surge caused the core of one of the reactors to explode, spewing a cloud of radioactive steam into the Ukrainian air. More than four thousand people died,...
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Publisher:
Spinnup
Pub. Date:
2021
Language:
English
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Impressed Music
Pub. Date:
2016
Language:
English
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Publisher:
HBO / Touch Music
Pub. Date:
2019
Language:
English
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Publisher:
Basic Books
Pub. Date:
[2018]
Language:
English
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
An in depth look at the stories of firefighters, scientists, and soldiers who worked to extinguish the nuclear inferno of Chernobyl identifies the flaws of the Soviet nuclear industry.