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Meltdown! the nuclear disaster in Japan and our energy future

Overview: Japan. March 11, 2011. 2:46 P.M. The biggest earthquake in Japan's history-and one of the world's five most powerful since 1900-devastated the Tohoku region, 320 kilometers (200 miles) northeast of Tokyo. It triggered a huge tsunami that left crippling damage in its wake. More than 13,000...

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Main Author: Bortz, Alfred B.
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis, MN : Twenty-First Century Books, c2012.
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Nuclear power plants > Accidents > Japan > Fukushima-ken > Juvenile nonfiction.
Nuclear reactor accidents > Japan > Fukushima-ken > Juvenile nonfiction.
Boiling water reactors > Accidents > Japan > Fukushima-ken > Juvenile nonfiction.
Nuclear energy > Safety measures > Juvenile nonfiction.
Tsunami damage > Japan > Fukushima-ken > Juvenile nonfiction.
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Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: Japan's greatest quake
  • Earthquake! Tsunami! Meltdown!
  • Energy from the heart of matter
  • Nuclear reactor successes and failures
  • What went wrong at Fukushima?
  • Fukushima and our energy future
  • Glossary
  • Source notes
  • Selected bibliography
  • Further reading
  • Websites
  • Index
  • Author's note.

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