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Abakumov, Vitali. “Analyzing the causes and circumstances of the 1975 accident on Unit One of Leningrad NPP (perspective of an engineer-physicist, participant and witness to the events)” [Анализ причин и обстоятельств аварии 1975 года на 1-м блоке ЛАЭС (комментарий инженера-физика, участника и очевидца событий)]. April 10, 2013, http://accidont.ru/Accid75.html.
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Ananenko, Alexei. “Recollections of a Senior Machine Engineer of the 2nd Reactor Shop” [Воспоминания старшего инженера-механика реакторного цеха №2 Алексея Ананенка]. Interview. Soyuz Chernobyl. April 4, 2013, www.souzchernobyl.org/?id=2440.
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———. “The Unpeaceful Atom of Chernobyl” [Немирный атом Чернобыль]. Chelovek no. 6, 2006. Online at http://vivovoco.astronet.ru/VV/PAPERS/MEN/CHERNOBYL.HTM.
Cherkasov, Vitali. “On the 15th anniversary of the atomic catastrophe: Chernobyl’s sores” [К 15-летию атомной катастрофы: язвы Чернобыля]. Pravda, April 25, 2011, www.pravda.ru/politics/25-04-2001/817996-0.
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