Fukushima: What You Need to Know

Authors: Heley, Mark
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
BISAC/Subject: SOC040000, SCI058000
ISBN: 9781583949078, Related ISBNs: 1583949070, 9781583949078
Classification: Non-Fiction
Number of pages: 152,
Audience: General/trade
Synopsis: Fukushima: What You Need to Know is a concise but comprehensive guide to the disaster at Fukushima and its ongoing consequences. Presenting a solution-based approach, Mark Heley details the current problems and future potential risks and offers balanced information about what we can do about them.

The book covers:
• The extent of the pollution from Fukushima and what and where the dangers are
• The real risks from radiological pollution and the protective measures you can take
• Possible solutions for stopping the ongoing contamination and cleaning up the damage already done
• A call for meaningful international collaboration and the ending of the era of secrecy and cover-ups about the risks of nuclear power
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