xiii, 338 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : colour illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm
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
Economic impact
Health impact
Japan
Nuclear accidents
Nuclear power plants
Nuclear reactors
Nuclear safeguards
Overseas item
Radioactive fallout
Social impact
TEPCO
Tidal waves
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-329) and index