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20. Ukraine Nuclear Power Struggles for Survival

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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Acknowledgements vii
  4. List of Interviews ix
  5. Note to Readers xiii
  6. Preface xv
  7. Introduction to Volume One. Image and Reality: The Declining Role of Evidence in Public Discourse xxxi
  8. Part One: KAL and Cracks in the Rhetorical Wall
  9. Route R-20—Terry Graves Illustration 2
  10. Takahashi—Novosti Satellite Map 3
  11. Ogarkov Double Loop Map—The New York Times 4
  12. 1. Did the United States Suppress Ground-to-Air Communications? 5
  13. 2. KAL 007 and the Superpowers: An International Argument 23
  14. 3. The KAL Tapes 58
  15. 4. BCAS Correspondence: “Flight 007: Was There Foul Play?” 74
  16. 5. The Need for Evaluative Criteria: Conspiracy Argument Revisited 83
  17. 6. Soviet Media Tactics and the Body Politic: Prevention and Treatment of Communicable Diseases 109
  18. 7. When the Shoe Is on the Other Foot: Comparative Treatments of the KAL 007 and Iran Air Shootdowns 136
  19. 8. Of Mighty Mice and Meek Men: Contextual Reconstruction of the Iranian Airbus Shootdown 163
  20. 9. “007”—Conspiracy or Accident? 183
  21. 10. Flight 007 188
  22. 11. Carlos the Jackal Attacks RFE/RL! 195
  23. Part Two: Chernobyl, Eco-Nationalism, and Loss of Rhetorical Control
  24. Plaque at the entrance to the Chernobyl AES administration building (1989) 200
  25. The Original Sarcophagus (1989) 201
  26. Interior access door to the sarcophagus at Chernobyl (1989) 202 202
  27. A Billboard at the Rovno Nuclear Station (1996) 203
  28. The New Secure Confinement (2019) 204
  29. 12. Chernobyl in the Soviet Media: Unintentional Ironies, Unprecedented Events 205
  30. 13. Redefining Glasnost in the Soviet Media: The Recontextualization of Chernobyl 208
  31. 14. Chernobyl: From the Ashes a New Society? 234
  32. 15. Nuclear Power in the USSR 236
  33. 16. Civilian Nuclear Power in the Commonwealth of Independent States: A Case of Cognitive Dissonance 248
  34. 17. Soviet News Media: Uncertainty in the Throes of Change 261
  35. 18. Nuclear Power and Ecological Debates in the Soviet Press, Mid-1988 to Mid-1989 265
  36. 19. The Final Days: The Development of Argumentative Discourse in the Soviet Union 286
  37. 20. Ukraine Nuclear Power Struggles for Survival 303
  38. 21. Nonrational Assessment of Risk and the Development of Civilian Nuclear Power 311
  39. 22. Ukraine, Russia, and the Question of Nuclear Safety 327
  40. 23. Soviet Bureaucracy and Nuclear Safety 366
  41. 24. Review of Two Books by David R. Marples 375
  42. 25. Review of Plutopia 380
  43. 26. Review of Plokhy, Chernobyl 384
  44. 7. Pseudo-Science and Potemkin-History 393
  45. 28. Confronting Climate Change: Assessing the Role of Nuclear Power 410
  46. Afterword 413
  47. Bibliography 415
  48. Index 443
The Rhetorical Rise and Demise of “Democracy” in Russian Political Discourse, Volume 1
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https://doi.org/10.1515/9781644697337-033

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Acknowledgements vii
  4. List of Interviews ix
  5. Note to Readers xiii
  6. Preface xv
  7. Introduction to Volume One. Image and Reality: The Declining Role of Evidence in Public Discourse xxxi
  8. Part One: KAL and Cracks in the Rhetorical Wall
  9. Route R-20—Terry Graves Illustration 2
  10. Takahashi—Novosti Satellite Map 3
  11. Ogarkov Double Loop Map—The New York Times 4
  12. 1. Did the United States Suppress Ground-to-Air Communications? 5
  13. 2. KAL 007 and the Superpowers: An International Argument 23
  14. 3. The KAL Tapes 58
  15. 4. BCAS Correspondence: “Flight 007: Was There Foul Play?” 74
  16. 5. The Need for Evaluative Criteria: Conspiracy Argument Revisited 83
  17. 6. Soviet Media Tactics and the Body Politic: Prevention and Treatment of Communicable Diseases 109
  18. 7. When the Shoe Is on the Other Foot: Comparative Treatments of the KAL 007 and Iran Air Shootdowns 136
  19. 8. Of Mighty Mice and Meek Men: Contextual Reconstruction of the Iranian Airbus Shootdown 163
  20. 9. “007”—Conspiracy or Accident? 183
  21. 10. Flight 007 188
  22. 11. Carlos the Jackal Attacks RFE/RL! 195
  23. Part Two: Chernobyl, Eco-Nationalism, and Loss of Rhetorical Control
  24. Plaque at the entrance to the Chernobyl AES administration building (1989) 200
  25. The Original Sarcophagus (1989) 201
  26. Interior access door to the sarcophagus at Chernobyl (1989) 202 202
  27. A Billboard at the Rovno Nuclear Station (1996) 203
  28. The New Secure Confinement (2019) 204
  29. 12. Chernobyl in the Soviet Media: Unintentional Ironies, Unprecedented Events 205
  30. 13. Redefining Glasnost in the Soviet Media: The Recontextualization of Chernobyl 208
  31. 14. Chernobyl: From the Ashes a New Society? 234
  32. 15. Nuclear Power in the USSR 236
  33. 16. Civilian Nuclear Power in the Commonwealth of Independent States: A Case of Cognitive Dissonance 248
  34. 17. Soviet News Media: Uncertainty in the Throes of Change 261
  35. 18. Nuclear Power and Ecological Debates in the Soviet Press, Mid-1988 to Mid-1989 265
  36. 19. The Final Days: The Development of Argumentative Discourse in the Soviet Union 286
  37. 20. Ukraine Nuclear Power Struggles for Survival 303
  38. 21. Nonrational Assessment of Risk and the Development of Civilian Nuclear Power 311
  39. 22. Ukraine, Russia, and the Question of Nuclear Safety 327
  40. 23. Soviet Bureaucracy and Nuclear Safety 366
  41. 24. Review of Two Books by David R. Marples 375
  42. 25. Review of Plutopia 380
  43. 26. Review of Plokhy, Chernobyl 384
  44. 7. Pseudo-Science and Potemkin-History 393
  45. 28. Confronting Climate Change: Assessing the Role of Nuclear Power 410
  46. Afterword 413
  47. Bibliography 415
  48. Index 443
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