Chernobyl Record: The Definitive History of the Chernobyl Catastrophe

Contents......Page 7
List of Colour Plates......Page 11
Preface......Page 13
Acknowledgments......Page 15
About the Author......Page 17
1.  Radiation Doses and Effects......Page 19
2.  Nuclear Reactors......Page 30
3.  Explosion......Page 45
4.  Radionuclide Releases......Page 68
5.  Early Medical Response and Follow-up of Patients with Acute Radiation Syndrome......Page 91
6.  Evacuation and Resettlement......Page 121
7.  Sarcophagus......Page 136
8.  Nuclear Power Past and Future......Page 152
9.  Dose Measurement and Estimation Methods......Page 171
10.  Population Doses......Page 188
11.  Contamination in Farming, Milk, Wild Animals and Fish......Page 199
12.  Decontamination......Page 211
13.  Water Contamination......Page 221
14.  Ground Contamination......Page 225
15.  Psychological Illness......Page 243
16.  Other Non-Malignant Diseases and Conditions......Page 253
17.  Cancer Risk Specification......Page 267
18.  Cancer......Page 278
19.  The Legasov Testament......Page 305
20.  Under the Star of Chernobyl......Page 325
Glossary......Page 340
References......Page 350
Index......Page 378