About the book: 1990 / "After Chernobyl, there is no need to explain to readers how acute and pressing the problem is today: “Man and Nuclear Power Plants,” “Nuclear Power Plants and the Environment.” The story "Energoblok" is about this. In the center of it is the head of the radiation safety department, V.I. Palin, who devoted his entire life to nuclear energy. The central event of the story is the launch of a nuclear power plant at a time when the nuclear power plant is not ready for start-up and the price for haste is radioactive. contamination of water bodies, the surrounding area and the premises of the station itself."