A review by bo_manson
Fukushima: The Story of a Nuclear Disaster by David Lochbaum, Susan Q. Stranahan, Edwin Lyman

4.0

Very interesting book about the recent nuclear disaster happened in Japan. Nuclear power plant has been touted one of the safest technology available. With all procedures and safety measure etc. Well, that’s before I read the book. The Fukushima disaster begin with an earthquake large enough that the building can’t withstand the impact. During the incident in Japan, the Japan’s government took so much time to acknowledge what’s actually happened in Fukushima nuclear plant. At the plant, the worker are at danger of overexposure to the radioactive that begin to release. Some necessary action badly needed to contain the mess but they need to wait for the approval. Again, the approval come late. Not to mention the information fed to the citizen are different from what is actually happening at the plant. Those who have internet will find that it was more severe that what the government told on TV. There are some issue of under-trained team member to deal with this matter. The evacuation taken places and the distance is getting further and further. Later on, the evacuee can return to their home but everything has changed. This book should stop at Chapter 8. Chapter 9 onward, there are drama after drama whether the same thing could happen in the US. But in nuclear industry, all are the same, the attitude of “It can’t happen here”.