TY - BOOK AU - Smith-Llera,Danielle AU - Wert,Michael TI - Fukushima disaster: how a tsunami unleashed nuclear destruction T2 - Captured history. Science SN - 9780756557423 PY - 2018///] CY - North Mankato, Minnesota PB - Capstone Press KW - Fukushima Nuclear Disaster, Japan, 2011 KW - Juvenile literature KW - Nuclear accidents KW - Japan KW - Fukushima-ken KW - Environmental disasters KW - Illustrated works KW - lcgft N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Dangerous waves -- Unlocking the atom -- A bright future -- Difficult choices; Age 10-14 N2 - "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 ER -