Chernobyl (novel)

Chernobyl is a novel by Frederik Pohl published in 1987. It is based on the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.

Plot summary
Chernobyl is a novel in which the characters must decide whether to use hastily produced substandard materials or to delay the reactor schedule while it is already overdue.

Reception
Dave Langford reviewed Chernobyl for White Dwarf #98, and stated that "Avoiding Evil Empire stereotypes, Pohl does his own country a service by reminding us that lots of Americans detest the knee-jerk, anti-commie paranoia which sometimes seems to be the US national stereotype. The technical background is all there too, in palatable form."

Reviews

 * Review by Dan Chow (1987) in Locus, #318 July 1987
 * Review by Don D'Ammassa (1987) in Science Fiction Chronicle, #96 September 1987
 * Review by Algis Budrys (1987) in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, November 1987
 * Review by John Newsinger (1988) in Vector 142
 * Review by Andy Robertson (1988) in Interzone, #23 Spring 1988
 * Review by Andrew Andrews (1988) in Thrust, #31, Fall 1988