The Legasov Tapes: physicist V.Legasov audio tapes recorded after the Chernobyl accident

by Valery Legasov, . Adamovich

Valery Alekseyevich Legasov (1936 -1988)is primarily known for his efforts to contain the 1986 Chernobyl disaster. He was a Soviet inorganic chemist and a member of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union. Legasov also presented the findings of an investigation to the International Atomic Energy Agency at the United Nations Office at Vienna, detailing the actions and circumstances that led to the explosion of Reactor No. 4 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.

Before his death Legasov secretly recorded a number of audiotapes. The book is a transcript of those tapes.

The work is a translation from an italian edition of a transcription of the audio tapes of Valery Legasov. An LLM was used to carry out the translation. No additional editing has been performed.

182 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 2, 2025

Reviews

[Angelique · Rating 5 out of 5]

Five tapes with both A and B sides in the English language. It was a lot, and some of it went way over my head; however, I looked up summaries and main points with what happened in the disaster. I learned about why the nuclear core exploded, what could have been prevented, and found key differences between the HBO show and what had happened along with what the Soviet Union hid.