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Book

Meltdown! : the nuclear disaster in Japan and our energy future

Call Number

  • J 363.1799 BORT (CEN, OSH)

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Publication Information

Minneapolis, [Minn.] : Twenty-First Century Books, c2012.

Physical Description

64 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 26 cm.

Summary

Recounts the Tohoku earthquake, subsequent tsunami, and the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.

Contents

  • Earthquake! Tsunami! Meltdown!
  • Energy from the heart of the matter
  • Nuclear reactor: successs and failures
  • What went wrong at Fukushima?
  • Fukushima and our energy future.

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