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Those who said that the twentieth century is the century of the atom didn’t know how right they were. Certainly, the scientific discovery of a particularly powerful new energy source had produced hopes and applications in both the civil and military sectors. In the final equation, though, it is the major accident at Chernobyl that dramatically and suddenly brought the reality of the atom’s presence home to many persons and groups around the world.
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Poumadère, M. (1991). The Credibility Crisis. In: Segerståhl, B. (eds) Chernobyl. Springer Series on Environmental Management. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84367-9_8
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