This book details the events leading up to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster, the causes of the explosion, and the ensuing fallout, both immediate and long-term.

 

This book features in the following series: Environmental Disasters, Facts On File Science Library .

There are 112 pages in this book. This book was published 2005 by Facts On File Inc .

W. Scott Ingram is the author of more than fifty books for young people. He is the recipient of six Educational Press Awards for his writing, including the 1999 Fiction Award for his short story ""Shadowland. "" In 2005, Scott received an NAACP Image Award for Children's Literature for his book The 1963 Civil Rights March.