{"product_id":"fukushima-david-lochbaum-9781620970843","title":"Fukushima: The Story of a Nuclear Disaster","description":"\"A gripping, suspenseful page-turner\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e) with a \"fast-paced, detailed narrative that moves like a thriller\" (\u003ci\u003eInternational Business Times\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eFukushima\u003c\/i\u003e teams two leading experts from the Union of Concerned Scientists, David Lochbaum and Edwin Lyman, with award-winning journalist Susan Q. Stranahan to give us the first definitive account of the 2011 disaster that led to the worst nuclear catastrophe since Chernobyl. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFour years have passed since the day the world watched in horror as an earthquake large enough to shift the Earth's axis by several inches sent a massive tsunami toward the Japanese coast and Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, causing the reactors' safety systems to fail and explosions to reduce concrete and steel buildings to rubble. Even as the consequences of the 2011 disaster continue to exact their terrible price on the people of Japan and on the world, \u003ci\u003eFukushima\u003c\/i\u003e addresses the grim questions at the heart of the nuclear debate: could a similar catastrophe happen again, and--most important of all--how can such a crisis be averted?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Lochbaum, Edwin Lyman, Susan Q. Stranahan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1620970848\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781620970843\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/03\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.70w x 0.90d","brand":"David Lochbaum","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44045313409279,"sku":"9781620970843","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_84b6ca3a-369a-4ebf-8451-5e61c9add331.jpg?v=1684978008","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fukushima-david-lochbaum-9781620970843","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}