Devil's tango : how I learned the Fukushima step by step / Cecile Pineda.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pineda, Cecile.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental disasters--Forecasting.

Environmental disasters.

Fukushima Nuclear Disaster, Japan, 2011.

Nuclear power plants--Risk assessment.

Nuclear power plants.

Overpopulation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

San Antonio, Tex. : Wings Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<P style=""MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"" class=MsoNormal>As much personal journal as investigative journalism, this second edition traces the worsening developments at Fukushima Daiichi during the first year following the nuclear disaster. Often poetic in tone and philosophic in scope, this day-to-day reportage is peppered with the author's reflections and dramatic monologues as she investigates the public's willing blindness toward the nuclear power industry's disregard for public safety in the pursuit of profit. The book offers a unique perspective and attempts to come to terms with Fukushima's cata

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface to the First Edition; Preface to the Second Edition; Devil's Tango; Illustration: "Two-Headed Monster..."; Appendix I: Nuclear Information Resources; Appendix II: Blogs; Appendix III: Activist Organizations; Illustration: "Fukushima Needs Help..."; Bibliography; Permissions; Acknowledgments; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Includes bibliographical references (p.215-221).

ISBN:

1-60940-318-5

OCLC:

833764729