Fukushima disaster : how a tsunami unleashed nuclear destruction /
Smith-Llera, Danielle, 1971-
Fukushima disaster : how a tsunami unleashed nuclear destruction / by Danielle Smith-Llera ; content advisor, Michael Wert, PhD, Associate Professor of History, Marquette University. - 64 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm. - Captured history. Science . - Captured history. Science. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Dangerous waves -- Unlocking the atom -- A bright future -- Difficult choices.
"A massive tsunami caused by the strongest earthquake to ever hit Japan triggered the world's worst nuclear crisis since the 1986 Chernobyl accident 25 years earlier. The monster waves that killed almost 20,000 people in Japan crashed into the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant and caused nuclear reactor meltdowns that threatened the lives of thousands more. The waves receded long ago, but the devastating effects of the march 2011 nuclear accident still linger."--Back cover.
Age 10-14.
9780756557423 0756557429 9780756557461 0756557461
2017037864
Fukushima Nuclear Disaster, Japan, 2011--Juvenile literature.
Nuclear accidents--Japan--Fukushima-ken--Juvenile literature.
Environmental disasters--Japan--Fukushima-ken--Juvenile literature.
Illustrated works.
Fukushima disaster : how a tsunami unleashed nuclear destruction / by Danielle Smith-Llera ; content advisor, Michael Wert, PhD, Associate Professor of History, Marquette University. - 64 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm. - Captured history. Science . - Captured history. Science. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Dangerous waves -- Unlocking the atom -- A bright future -- Difficult choices.
"A massive tsunami caused by the strongest earthquake to ever hit Japan triggered the world's worst nuclear crisis since the 1986 Chernobyl accident 25 years earlier. The monster waves that killed almost 20,000 people in Japan crashed into the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant and caused nuclear reactor meltdowns that threatened the lives of thousands more. The waves receded long ago, but the devastating effects of the march 2011 nuclear accident still linger."--Back cover.
Age 10-14.
9780756557423 0756557429 9780756557461 0756557461
2017037864
Fukushima Nuclear Disaster, Japan, 2011--Juvenile literature.
Nuclear accidents--Japan--Fukushima-ken--Juvenile literature.
Environmental disasters--Japan--Fukushima-ken--Juvenile literature.
Illustrated works.