The result a meltdown and the reactor exploded. Several thousand tons of Radioactive Material were released into the atmosphere, contaminating 150,000 square kilometers of land around chernobyl. Over the following days, a radioactive cloud spread over almost all of europe. Its not clear how many people suffered illness or died as a result of the catastrophe. The World Health Organization has predicted that 4,000 people will die of radiation exposure and cancer due to the accident. Other predictions are far higher, ranging between 60,000 and 1. 4 million deaths. The exclusion area around the power station is also known as the dead zone. But today, there are people who actually want to live there. Reporter it looks like a dilapidated soviet museum with an amusement park. The dormitory town of pripyat was where most chernobyl employees lived. More than 3000 people lived right next to the power plant when disaster struck in 1986 and the Nuclear Reactor exploded. Its been described as the W
Reactor exploded. Several thousand tons of Radioactive Material were released into the atmosphere, contaminating 150,000 square kilometers of land around chernobyl. Over the following days, a radioactive cloud spread over almost all of europe. Its not clear how many people suffered illness or died as a result of the catastrophe. The World Health Organization has predicted that 4,000 people will die of radiation exposure and cancer due to the accident. Other predictions are far higher, ranging between 60,000 and 1. 4 million deaths. The exclusion area around the power station is also known as the dead zone. But today, there are people who actually want to live there. Reporter it looks like a dilapidated soviet museum with an amusement park. The dormitory town of pripyat was where most chernobyl employees lived. More than 3000 people lived right next to the power plant when disaster struck in 1986 and the Nuclear Reactor exploded. Its been described as the Worst Nuclear Accident the worl
Arose duriring a systems test of reactor 4 at chernobyl power station. The shift supervisor attempted an emergency shutdown but it went wrong. The result a meltdown and the reactor exploded. Several thousand tons of Radioactive Material were released into the atmosphere, contaminating 150,000 square kilometers of laland around chernobyl. Over t the following d days, a radioactivive cloud spreread ovr almost all of europe. Its not clear how many people suffered illness or died as a result of the catastrophe. The World Health Organization has predicted that 4,000 people will die of radiation exposure and cancer due to the accident. Other predictions are far higher, ranging between 60,000 and 1. 4 millllion deaths. The exclusion area around the power ststation is a also knowns the dead zone. But today, there are people who actutually want toto live there. Reporter it looks like a dilapidated soviet museum with an amusement park. The dormitory town of pripipyat was s where most chernobyl e
Conversation with louisa hall about her new book louisa. Thats great. A searching american biography of louisa atoms. Louisa hall is the author of two novels. She examines the clash between conscious objectors and soldiers during world war i. It was called daring by the new york times. Jessica dray ellis said of louisa the extraordinary life of mrs. Adams, for a long time i have been waiting for a biographer with sufficient style and emotional range to tell the quite extraordinary story of Louisa Kaplan Adams in all its splendor and sadness. Louisa the extraordinary life of mrs. Adams has been worth the wait. Please join me in welcoming her. [applause] guest hi everyone, thanks for coming. I am so happy to be here to talkabout this book. Also just happy to be part of this group of louisa. I feel like many other louisas might have been chosen but im honored to be the one. This book also is one of my favorite books that ive read this year, i love this book very deeply, not just because o
That was said of her book louisa for a long time i have been waiting for a biographer who could hit the emotional range to tell the extraordinary tale in all its splendor or. Louisa has been worth the wait. Please join me too well, lisa. [applause] thinks or coming. I am so happy to be here to talk about this booktv part of this group i feel there are others could be chosen this is also one of my favorite books i love it deeply not just the pleasures of reading about somebody with my own name but i found as a biography to understand of the main character than any other in this character came alive for me and remained with me more than any other character and i have written this year. There were so many fascinating decisions but the most interesting was the decision to explore through her mind as much as she was exploring through her life so i am looking forward plus all of the others but as a little introduction of lisa adams it follows her from her romantic meeting of John Quincy Adam