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The Chernobyl disaster of 1986 is a landmark event in the domains of environmental humanities and nuclear risk discourse. This study locates Adam Higginbotham’s Midnight in Chernobyl as a case study of how industrial modernity is printed onto the dark pages of environmental discourse, governance, corporeal and collective memory. It examines the genesis of Chernobyl within the frameworks of the Anthropocene, risk society, nuclear policy, and temporal ethics. The incident displays how human-centered systems currently work, creating long-lasting pollution, radiological, and biological effects. The study attempts to expose the rigid social structures based on secrecy, technological hubris, and ethical disparity through the vulnerability of human society amidst radioactive contamination. It further posits Chernobyl as a systemic failure in achieving Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production), particularly Target 12.4 (Sound Management of all Waste). The paper primarily aims to conduct a narratological analysis of the book with the help of technical and political aspects, such as design faults, institutional failures, and post-disaster management to comprehend planetary risk.
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