nuclear power plants

"Early readers will learn about the science behind the Chernobyl disaster through carefully leveled text and photo illustrations. Includes glossary and index"--Provided by publisher.

The controller of a nuclear power plant and a news reporter discover a fault in the reactor's system that could lead to disaster and they must battle against limited time to reveal the cover-up.

Discusses how radioactive contamination happens and the risk it poses to health.

Discusses the disastrous 1986 accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Ukraine.

Discusses the massive tsunami caused by the strongest earthquake to ever hit Japan that triggered the world's worst nuclear crisis since the Chernobyl accident twenty-five years earlier.

"Draws on twenty years of research, recently declassified files, and interviews with survivors in an account of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster that also reveals how propaganda and secrets have created additional dangers"--OCLC.

"Tom and Zilla are regular boarding school students--except when they're working as special agents for the government. Their next mission is to prevent terrorists from sabotaging a nuclear power plant"--Provided by publisher.

In its worst crisis since World War II, Japan faces disaster on an epic scale: a rising death toll in the tens of thousands, massive destruction of homes and businesses, shortages of water and power, and the specter of nuclear reactor meltdowns. It combines on-the-spot reporting, personal stories, compelling eyewitness videos, and exclusive helicopter footage for a unique look at the science behind the catastrophe.

Traces the story of the Chernobyl Nuclear Accident in April 1986 that contaminated a large area of Europe with deadly radiation.