TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kan,Naoto
TI  - My nuclear nightmare: leading Japan through the Fukushima disaster to a nuclear-free future 
T2  - EBSCO Academic Collection
AV  - TK1365.J3 
U1  - 363.17/990952117 23
PY  - 2017///
CY  - Ithaca, London
PB  - Cornell University Press
KW  - Fukushima Nuclear Disaster, Japan, 2011
KW  - Nuclear power plants
KW  - Accidents
KW  - Japan
KW  - Nuclear energy
KW  - Government policy
KW  - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
KW  - Infrastructure
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE
KW  - General
KW  - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
KW  - Political
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - ectronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; Timeline prologue : my nuclear nightmare -- Memories from the abyss -- Taking action before stepping down -- The road to a nuclear-free Japan -- Afterword to the English translation
N2  - On March 11, 2011, a massive undersea earthquake off Japan's coast triggered devastating tsunami waves that in turn caused meltdowns at three reactors in the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. Ranked with Chernobyl as the worst nuclear disaster in history, Fukushima will have lasting consequences for generations. Until then, Japan's Prime Minister, Naoto Kan, had supported the use of nuclear power. His position would undergo a radical change, however, as he watched the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima No. 1 Power Plant unfold and came to understand the potential for the physical, economic, and political destruction of Japan. In 'My Nuclear Nightmare', Kan offers a fascinating day-by-day account of his actions in the harrowing week after the earthquake struck
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