Publisher's Synopsis
This highly readable explanation of what went wrong at Chernobyl slips into the gap between the technical official reports of the accident and the human story presented in popular books and in the TV series. Written by an industry insider, it makes fascinating reading, setting out the background to the accident in a way which is accessible to the student of physics as well as those members of the general public who have a basic grasp of physics and are keen to understand the details of the accident. It explains how nuclear reactors, in particular the RBMK type, work. It looks at the experiment the operators of the plant were conducting and provides an overview of the physics necessary to understand the accident. It goes on to examine and explain the detailed timeline of the catastrophe.
