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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Japan’s 2011 offshore earthquake ranked among the largest in the nation’s history and left a trail of truly devastating destruction behind.
Chapter 3: Fukushima Daiichi’s nuclear power plant was poorly prepared to handle such an enormous tsunami.
Chapter 4: In the aftermath, the public struggled greatly for accurate information during those days.
Chapter 5: Japan hosts the most nuclear plants worldwide, yet it suffers from insufficient oversight and weak regulatory control overall.
Chapter 6: The Fukushima catastrophe crippled the economy and sparked a public outcry against nuclear power.
Chapter 7: US authorities’ claims that such an accident couldn’t happen domestically remain unconvincing today.
Description
Fukushima (2014) tells the story of how one of the biggest tsunamis in Japan’s history combined with government neglect, corporate interest and propaganda to create the most serious nuclear disaster since Chernobyl. The book was written by the Union of Concerned Scientists, a nonprofit that brings together science and political advocacy.
Who Should Listen
- Anyone who believes nuclear energy is “safe”
- People who want to know more about the Fukushima disaster