| Description |
xiii, 338 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : colour illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. San Ten Ichi Ichi -- Ch. 2. Feed and bleed -- Ch. 3 The sands of Fukushima -- Ch. 4. No surrender -- Ch. 5. Nuclear refugees -- Ch. 6. The tsunami and the shoe -- Ch. 7. The nuclear village -- Ch. 8. Cold shutdown -- Ch. 9. The luck of the sea -- Postscript : forgetting |
| Summary |
On 11 March 2011, Japan was rocked by the most violent earthquake in her history and one of the largest ever recorded. The quake itself was just the start of a chain of disastrous events, creating a massive tsunami that slammed the shores of north eastern Japan. Close to 20,000 people were killed or disappeared under waves that reached more than 40 metres high as they smashed their way several kilometres inland. Yet the greatest damage was caused when the tsunami surged over the seawall of Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power station, resulting in a multiple core meltdown that released vast quantities of radioactivity into the atmosphere and ocean. At one stage it even threatened the evacuation and irradiation of Tokyo itself, which would have spelt the end of Japan as we know it |
| Analysis |
Australian |
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Economic impact |
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Health impact |
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Japan |
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Nuclear accidents |
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Nuclear power plants |
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Nuclear reactors |
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Nuclear safeguards |
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Overseas item |
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Radioactive fallout |
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Social impact |
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TEPCO |
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Tidal waves |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-329) and index |
| Subject |
Fukushima Nuclear Disaster, Japan, 2011.
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Nuclear energy -- Government policy -- Japan.
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Nuclear energy -- Japan -- Safety measures.
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Nuclear power plants -- Accidents -- Japan -- Fukushima-ken.
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Nuclear reactor accidents -- Japan -- Fukushima-ken.
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Nuclear power plants -- Risk assessment -- Japan.
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Radioactive pollution -- Japan -- Fukushima-ken.
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Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami, Japan, 2011.
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Tsunami damage -- Japan -- Fukushima-ken.
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Tsunamis -- Japan -- Tōhoku Region.
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Japan -- Politics and government -- 21st century.
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Tōhoku Region (Japan) -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
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To©ў?hoku Region (Japan) -- Social conditions -- 21st century
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To�ў?hoku Region (Japan) -- Social conditions -- 21st century
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T̄·oku Region (Japan) -- Social conditions -- 21st century
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| LC no. |
2013412825 |
| ISBN |
9781742612959 (paperback) |
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