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Review of “Atoms to Ashes”

I just finished reading “Atoms to ashes: A global history of nuclear disasters” by Harvard history professor Serhii Plokhy. The book provides detailed accounts of six major nuclear accidents: • The Castle Bravo Test (1954), a hydrogen bomb test on the Bikini Atoll that was more powerful than expected; • The Kyshtym Disaster (1957), a […]