Cause and Effect Understanding Chernobyl eBook Marianne Barisonek
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On April 26th, 1986 the V.I. Lenin Nuclear Power Plant near Chernobyl reactor number four exploded. Just about anything else you can say about the disaster is still controversial today. Cause and Effect Understanding Chernobyl tells the story of the disaster and its consequences by describing its impact on a personal level. People from all walks of life illustrate the emotional, physical and technical challenges of living with radiation on a day-to-day basis. They present stories of heroism, idealism and extreme self-delusion.
Cause and Effect Understanding Chernobyl eBook Marianne Barisonek
I love reading, getting caught up with thrillers and memoirs. A friend suggested a change of pace and this book. I read “Cause and Effect: Understanding Chernobyl” and I’m so glad I did. This incredibly well researched book is an eye opener for those of us who have little knowledge of power plants and the world’s energy sources. As someone who, along with many Presidents, seldom mentioned the word "nucular" (rather than “nuclear”) in my daily life, I know feel I have a handle on the ramifications of this kind of power.I was curious about Chernobyl. Obviously I assumed that major radiation occurred, but had no idea the extent. “Cause and Effect: Understanding Chernobyl” opened my eyes to the serious effects of nuclear power worldwide, not just for years but decades.
Ms. Barisonek wrote her book in clear and conscience style that is will not frighten off those of us who are limited in science. A reader will easily grasp the severity of the situation. I’m positive that from now on I will pay very close attention to politicians when they talk about nuclear power and power plants. I highly suggest everyone (including the new administration) read this book. Thank you Ms. Barisonek!
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Cause and Effect Understanding Chernobyl eBook Marianne Barisonek Reviews
This is a very good book and everyone should read it. This book will give people the dangers of allowing the Nuclear power plants to be built by people who don't research enough of where they put these plants and the people living near them.
Good book with plenty of information on the subject. Gave it 4 stars for the bad electronic editing. Segments of the book are missing. Still, you can work your way around and still read it.
If you like cheerful stories with happy endings, do not read Cause and Effect because this story starts with a horrific nuclear accident and goes downhill from there. The actual meltdown at Chernobyl is nicely described in a few pages. The rest of the book explores the days, months and years of betrayal, misery and disease that followed. The short of it is that most governments and international organizations were more concerned about minimizing the effects of the disaster than they were about helping their people recover. Barisonek was a member of a team that traveled through areas and interviewed people affected by Chernobyl twenty years after the disaster. The book is based on the information from that trip. Some of the most horrific scenes are from the Ukraine and Belarus and there might be some feeling of 'it can't happen here', but Barisonek takes care of that with a side trip into the complacency and corruption that pervades the nuclear industry regulatory system in the United States. The question that Barisonek ultimately asks is given the disaster when something goes wrong, and given the long-lasting poison the nuclear reactor process produces even when things go right, is the power produced worth the cost? Fukushima makes that question even more pressing. This book is a good place to start researching the answer.
First of all, the edition is poorly mastered. There are unwarranted line-breaks in the middle of sentences and footnotes appear in the middle of the body text. The text could also have done with some attention from an editor; the head of a school is a 'principal' - not a 'principle'!
Secondly the author hand-waves away both the Chernobyl Forum report and the WHO report, saying that they're based on the IAEA studies, and that IAEA is a nuclear industry interest group, which therefore cannot be trusted. Instead she bases the argument on interviews with people who have been involved with the site in one way or another.
It is true that some of the people she has interviewed have impressive credentials, but the majority seem to have an emotional, rather than objective, attachment to the issue.
While the situation for the people affected is atrocious, the author does not make a clear case that all the blame is due to the radioactive fallout, rather than social and psychological factors, as claimed by the WHO report.
Since reading this book I have begun to understand a lot more about the accident at Chernobyl than ever before. Very easy to understand and packed with information. Very good reading. Would recommend to anyone interested in the history of nuclear power and the victims of this terrible accident.
What happened at Chernobyl, the Russian Government's reaction to it, and some speculation as to the continuing consequences. This author is of the persuasion that all radiation is bad at any level, but does not let the view distort the facts. A clear explanation of the causes of the "accident" and the ongoing effects.
If you want to understand Chernobyl, this is the book to read. Before reading this book, I had been inclined to accept statements claiming only a handful of first responders were seriously injured or killed by this disaster. Ms. Barisonek clearly explains what happened at the reactor, why it happened, and what was done in response. This would be a fascinating read were the author to have stopped there, but she does not. We are presented with an eye opening account the extent of the radioactive contamination in other countries caused by Chernobyl, and the efforts still ongoing to mitigate that radioactive threat. We are shown the ongoing health effects in the former Soviet Union, and why we hear nothing about them. This is a book that deserves to be read widely. It's a fascinating, sobering story and quite educational. The author has clearly done her homework.
I love reading, getting caught up with thrillers and memoirs. A friend suggested a change of pace and this book. I read “Cause and Effect Understanding Chernobyl” and I’m so glad I did. This incredibly well researched book is an eye opener for those of us who have little knowledge of power plants and the world’s energy sources. As someone who, along with many Presidents, seldom mentioned the word "nucular" (rather than “nuclear”) in my daily life, I know feel I have a handle on the ramifications of this kind of power.
I was curious about Chernobyl. Obviously I assumed that major radiation occurred, but had no idea the extent. “Cause and Effect Understanding Chernobyl” opened my eyes to the serious effects of nuclear power worldwide, not just for years but decades.
Ms. Barisonek wrote her book in clear and conscience style that is will not frighten off those of us who are limited in science. A reader will easily grasp the severity of the situation. I’m positive that from now on I will pay very close attention to politicians when they talk about nuclear power and power plants. I highly suggest everyone (including the new administration) read this book. Thank you Ms. Barisonek!
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