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This is the first detailed study of the ecological impact of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant explosion on 26 April, 1986 - the largest civil nuclear catastrophe of all time. Geneticist Vladimir Savchenko details the effects of high level radionuclide release on the environment, on natural ecosystems, and on agroecosystems; the human effects then and now; the impact of radionuclide release on biological diversity and genetic systems; and the socioeconomic effects of the Chernobyl catastrophe. He also describes the Chernobyl Ecological Sciences Network, a multinational information network dealing with the large-scale, multidimensional effects of human technology out of control. The book has a bibliography, an index, and a glossary of units, ratios, and acronyms.

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this book is well written and easy to read, even for non-specialists. As is the tradition of this series, it is presented in a very didactic way. Besides figures and tables, it also consists of boxes and photographs. It contains a glossary of units, a well-targeted bibliography, an index, etc. a very complete and instructive book. -- International Journal of Environment and Pollution, 1997

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