Lessons from Chernobyl
Yesterday I finished reading Chernobyl, A History of a Tragedy by Serhii Plokhy. I enjoyed reading the first part of the book, which detailed the events leading up to, during and after the explosion. The later parts of the book were informative, detailing the political changes that followed.
Here are my main takeaways from the book:
- Nuclear reactors and nuclear bombs are the same in terms of how they work. They both use the nuclear …