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“Is there anything more frightening than people?”

People Fear Chernobyl Disasters

Book:Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster

Source: Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster

“Los hombres nunca están a la altura de los grandes acontecimientos. Siempre les superan los hechos.”

Mankind Events Human Condition Disasters Chernóbil

Book:Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster

Source: Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster

“At that time my notions of nuclear power were utterly idyllic. At school and at the university we'd been taught that this was a magical factory that made "energy out of nothing," where people in white robes sat and pushed buttons. Chernobyl blew up when we weren't prepared.”

Energy Nuclear Power Chernobyl Nuclear Energy Disasters Nuclear Power Plants

Book:Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster

Source: Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster

“Chernobyl is like the war of all wars. There's nowhere to hide. Not underground, not underwater, not in the air.”

Radiation Nuclear Power Chernobyl Disasters

Book:Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster

Source: Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster