This book is very technical, very dry and full of figures - and this is a good thing. If you want a very insightful and in depth view to what happened in Chernobyl in 1986, the background and aftermath of the disaster and its effects in Ukraine, Soviet Union and around the world, this is a book well worth reading. The Legacy of Chernobyl was published in 1990, so the information is a little bit dated in some respects. Nevertheless, I can highly recommend this book for those readers who want well researched facts and figures instead of an entertaining yarn.