Photo credit: Construction site of Rivne NPP, ca. 1985. In the background next to the chimney are the 440 MW units 1 and 2, which were housed in a common building according to the older Soviet design. In front, the 1000 MW unit 3 under construction, which was already designed in the same way as the western units. Rivnens‘ka Atomna Elektryčna Stancijs (RAES) / Oleksij Kyslyj / Herder-Institut, Abt. Digitale Geschichte und Informationssysteme, Rechte vorbehalten - freier Zugang
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Nuclear modernity. Nuclear cities, nuclear work and reactor safety in Eastern and Western Europe 1966-2021
The project is located at the intersection between urban, technological and environmental history. It deals with “nuclear modernity” as a central experience in industrial societies of the 20th century.
Within the framework of two projects funded by the Federal Commissioner for Culture and the Media (BKM), the Herder Institute for Historical Research on Eastern Central Europe – Institute of the Leibniz Association established the topic-based research portal “Copernico. History and Cultural...
Established by Georg Dehio in 1905, the “Dehio Handbook of Art Monuments” is a print reference work and travel guide that concisely conveys local and urban history and provides key facts and descriptions of a representative selection of buildings and their interiors in specific regions...
Many cities in Eastern Central Europe have been shaped by profound processes of change since modern times. These include industrialization and the transport revolution since the 19th century, war, destruction, and widespread migration in the mid-20th century, and reconstruction and redevelopment...
