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diverl's review against another edition
3.0
Focused far too much on how the accident affected America than the details of what happened and the impact on Japan
msartor53's review against another edition
4.0
Very detailed book, felt like they could have spent a little more time explaining the science in more of a plain language. They drove home the industry and communication issues driving this disaster, which I think allows you take lessons. I think could have focused more on Japan, where I think spent to much on US perspective. Dense, interesting.
janedreader's review against another edition
3.0
The accident could have been prevented but they thought this scenario was far too unlikely. The multiple levels of bureaucracy are absurd. Getting a permit to drive on a road, so you can bring critical supplies to the plant?!? Made me curious about what plants are nearby me.
author_d_r_oestreicher's review against another edition
4.0
The sky is falling. The sky is falling.
Fukushima by Union of Concerned Scientists is an hour-by-hour recap of the 2011 disaster at the Daiichi nuclear power installation in Japan. This disaster joins Three Mile Island (1978) in Pennsylvania and Chernobyl (1986) in Russia as one the three largest nuclear disasters.
The book has a lot of good information, if you can wade through the repetitive whining.
For more: http://1book42day.blogspot.com/2014/04/fukushima-by-union-of-concern-scientists.html
Fukushima by Union of Concerned Scientists is an hour-by-hour recap of the 2011 disaster at the Daiichi nuclear power installation in Japan. This disaster joins Three Mile Island (1978) in Pennsylvania and Chernobyl (1986) in Russia as one the three largest nuclear disasters.
The book has a lot of good information, if you can wade through the repetitive whining.
For more: http://1book42day.blogspot.com/2014/04/fukushima-by-union-of-concern-scientists.html
mark_lm's review against another edition
2.0
The Book-list review says that this book is "Thriller-like". It isn't. The first 20% of the book which recounts the facts of the story certainly holds one's attention, but the book is published by the Union of Concerned Scientists and it has an ax to grind with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, who get worked over pretty well here. As a member of the UCS, I must say that I support their view point, it just can be a little dull. There is extensive detailed description of various committee meetings and there is considerable repetition. Most times that the NRC's RASCAL model is mentioned, it is also stated that it was only good to 50 miles out. By the middle of the book, I felt that I could pose as a RASCAL model expert; if anyone mentioned it, I would say, "please!..everyone knows that it is only good to 50 miles".
heidim's review against another edition
3.0
Interesting book but occasionally gets bogged down with technical details. Gives a lot of alarming information about the close link between the industry and its regulators which has led to increased risks for the public in case of an emergency at a nuclear facility.
xxstefaniereadsxx's review against another edition
dark
informative
medium-paced
4.0
Usually, when I read a disaster book, I spend a lot of time shaking my head in disbelief of decisions that were made that contributed to the disaster. I know they were not expecting a huge earthquake and a huge tsunami, but some of the decisions that were made caused this nuclear disaster to be so much worse than it might have been. I have watched a few documentaries and read several articles about Fukishima and the pollution and devastation for the people living in the surrounding area, and this book was very eye opening. It made me extremely uncomfortable, as I live in between two nuclear plants. There is one 20ish miles to the north of me and 20ish miles to the south. I wonder how much radiation we are actually exposed to and how many things they cover up at these plants that the public should know about. What poor decisions are they making that could result in something like this or another Chernobyl level incident. I shudder to think.
fo_leyr's review
informative
medium-paced
3.0
While the book was well researched and interesting, it was really focused on the United States more than Fukushima itself and that wasn't really what I expected or wanted. A better title for this book would be "Fukushima: How Can We Make This About America?".
What really ground my gears was that while the book was about Fukushima, the core of the subject explored was how Fukushima Daiichi impacted American Nuclear regulatory frameworks... It wasn't about the people of Fukushima and their experience of the situation or even the Japanese perspective of the situation.
So like I said, I was mislead about the subject really. That being said, it is still an interesting and eye opening read and I would recommend the book...
What really ground my gears was that while the book was about Fukushima, the core of the subject explored was how Fukushima Daiichi impacted American Nuclear regulatory frameworks... It wasn't about the people of Fukushima and their experience of the situation or even the Japanese perspective of the situation.
So like I said, I was mislead about the subject really. That being said, it is still an interesting and eye opening read and I would recommend the book...