Ebook: On the Brink: The Inside Story of Fukushima Daiichi

The Tohoku earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011 resulted in over 15,000 deaths, over 100,000 buildings destroyed, and economic losses estimated as high as $235 billion. It was also a disaster for the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, flooding the facility and cutting off onsite emergency power. Reactor overheating led to meltdowns, hydrogen gas explosions, and the real danger of a nuclear disaster that would destroy much of Japan. Based on extensive interviews, this is the story of the people who brought the situation back under control, restoring power, edging back one inch at a time from the very brink of disaster.