Japan's Nuclear Crisis: The Routes to Responsibility

Japan's Nuclear Crisis: The Routes to Responsibility

S. Carpenter
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Author:  S. Carpenter
Condition:  New
Format:  Hardback
Pages:  248
Publisher:  Palgrave Macmillan
Year:  2011
ISBN:  9780230354920

An analysis and exploration into the impact of Japan's 2011 nuclear crisis. Investigation of the disaster will pose questions regarding why Daiichi was constructed in an earthquake-prone zone and was still operating despite problems that had been plaguing the reactors since 1989 such as cracks in infrastructure and leaks in radioactivity.

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