Atomic Accidents : A History of Nuclear Meltdowns and Disasters: From the Ozark Mountains to Fukushima

from the Ozark Mountains to Fukushima

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James Mahaffey, Jim Mahaffey: Atomic Accidents : A History of Nuclear Meltdowns and Disasters: From the Ozark Mountains to Fukushima (2014, Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.)

352 pages

English language

Published Sept. 8, 2014 by Open Road Integrated Media, Inc..

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978-1-4804-4774-5
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Always a banger (due to negligent reactor design)

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I cannot describe how satisfying my autistic-ass brain finds it when someone explains a series of terrible events over the course of an emergency in incredible hindisght precision. It's like watching slow-mo footage of a car crash with expert annotations for every minor error which combine into perfect hubris.

If I learn anything from this book, it's that nuclear facilities of any kind should never contain a bucket.

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This is very interesting. I know little about nuclear reactors, and found myself skipping past pages where the author went a little too technical, but the overall view of the book - that atomic energy would be a lot more safe if only human beings weren't involved and didn't think for themselves - was interesting and applicable to a surprising amount of other parts of the world, too.

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Subjects

  • Disasters
  • Nuclear reactor accidents