?A gripping, suspenseful page-turner” (Kirkus Reviews) with a ?fast-paced, detailed narrative that moves like a thriller” (International Business Times), Fukushima teams two leading experts from the Union of Concerned Scientists, David Lochbaum and Edwin Lyman, with award-winning journalist Susan Q. Stranahan to give us the first definitive account of the 2011 disaster that led to the worst nuclear catastrophe since Chernobyl.Published to coincide with the fourth anniversary of the day the world watched in horror as an earthquake large enough to shift the Earth’s axis by several inches sent a massive tsunami toward the Japanese coast and Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, causing the reactors’ safety systems to fail and explosions to reduce concrete and steel buildings to rubble. The accident occurred at a pivotal moment for nuclear power: some had been predicting a nuclear renaissance; but now, laid bare for all to see, is the indisputable fact that nuclear power is an inherently hazardous technology. Even as the consequences of the 2011 disaster exact their terrible price on the people of Japan and on the world, Fukushima addresses the grim questions at the heart of the nuclear debate: could a similar catastrophe happen again, and most important of all, how can such a crisis be averted?

1. March 11, 2011: "A Situation That We Had Never Imagined" 2. March 12, 2011: "This May Get Really Ugly..." 3. March 12 Through 14, 2011: "What the Hell Is Going On?" 4. March 15 Through 18, 2011: "It's Going to Get Worse..." 5. Interlude-Searching for Answers: :People...Are Reaching the Limit of Anxiety and Anger" 6. March 19 Through 20, 2011: "Give Me the Worst Case" 7. Another March, Another Nateion, Another Meltdown 8. March 21 Through December 2011: "The Safety Measures...Are Inadequate" 9. Unreasonable Assurances 10. "This Is a Closed Metting. Right?" 11. 2012: "The Goverment Owes the Public a Clear and Convincing Answer" 12. A Rapidly Closing Window of Opportunity