Felton: Alchemy of the Bomb (2/4)
Between Stalin and radiation
Their names cause fear. It is not necessary to know the structure of the atomic nucleus or to understand the force of the chain reaction, it is enough for someone in the room to say one of those terrifying words - Hiroshima, Chernobyl, Fukushima - the evil spirits of nuclear physics will immediately emerge from the dark corners. The dramatic history of the nuclear era is described in the book Alchemy of the Bomb Slobodan Bubnjević through twenty such terrible toponyms, diverse locations on the planet where the use of atomic energy left permanent scars and grew into symbols of modern times. The weekly "Vreme" brings excerpts from chapter 13, dedicated to the origin and development of the Vinca nuclear institute, in four installments.
