What an outstanding and eye opening book! This book should be read by world leaders and school children as well. MIDNIGHT IN CHERNOBYL:THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE WORLDS GREATEST NUCLEAR DISASTER BY ADAM HIGGINBOTHAM goes beyond the disaster. From the moment the construction of the plant to the horrible aftermath and beyond,the book takes readers from the beginning to today. This accident was not just a local mess, to be cleaned up and forgotten . This is a disaster that is STILL an issue thirty-three years later and for the next hundred years. The book shows the real story, the pressures the builder was under to get the job done on time and on budget no matter the outcome.
Slipshod work, cut corners and bad decisions are what caused Unit Four to explode sending its deadly mixture of radiation circling the globe. The coverup , the concern about secrecy not lives. Mr. Higginbotham has taken the veil of secrecy,if you will ,and tossed it out. He has put a face on the people who not only precipitated this disaster, but the victims who are still dealing with it and will for decades.
Chernobyl has always fascinated me as it has many others. I am neutral on building reactors for energy,well I was until I read this book! Now I'm not so sure. This book should be a siren and a wakeup call to what can happen when the nuclear genie is let out of the bottle.
It is an awesome book and it should be read by all no matter what your views on clean energy are. It scared the beejees out of me! And as a book it is more scary than ANY horror story out there, because it happened.
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