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Andrew Leatherbarrow

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Nonfiction, History, Science

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	Chernobyl 01:23:40: The Incredible True Story of the World's Worst Nuclear Disaster by Andrew Leatherbarrow (Goodreads Author), Elizabeth Petrey (Editor) 3.80 avg rating — 7,161 ratings — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Melting Sun: The History of Nuclear Power in Japan and the Disaster at Fukushima Daiichi 3.88 avg rating — 68 ratings — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Those whose bodies were recovered are buried in welded zinc coffins, to prevent their radioactive remains from contaminating the soil. Even”
― Andrew Leatherbarrow, Chernobyl 01:23:40: The Incredible True Story of the World's Worst Nuclear Disaster

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“Watch and clock faces, fingernails, military instrument panels, gun sights and even children’s toys glowed with radium, hand-painted in factories by young women working for the United States Radium Corporation. The unsuspecting artisans would lick their brushes - ingesting radium particles each time - to keep the tips pointed during the precision work, but years later their teeth and skulls began to disintegrate.”
― Andrew Leatherbarrow, Chernobyl 01:23:40: The Incredible True Story of the World's Worst Nuclear Disaster

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“Doctors and nurses were also irradiated because the patients they treated were so contaminated that their own bodies had become radioactive. Initially,”
― Andrew Leatherbarrow, Chernobyl 01:23:40: The Incredible True Story of the World's Worst Nuclear Disaster

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