accidents

"This book relays the factual details of the Columbia space shuttle explosion. The narrative provides multiple accounts of the event, and readers learn details through the point of view of a WRDY news reporter, potential future astronaut, and a family. The text offers opportunities to compare and contrast various perspectives while gathering and analyzing information about a modern event"--Provided by publisher.

"In an isolated silver mining town in Idaho in the 1970s, almost everyone in town lost someone in the disastrous fire. Jordan is a young widow with twin children; David, a college student trying to make a life for himself in another town; Lionel, a lifelong hard-rock miner. It's a tough, hard-working, hard-drinking town, but as they struggle to come to terms with the loss nobody's tough enough to get through this undamaged."--Provided by publisher.

Relates the experiences of the thirty-three men who endured entrapment beneath thousands of feet of rock for a record-breaking sixty-nine days during the San Jose mine collapse outside of Copiapo, Chile, in August 2010.

Most people in Pripyat never expected the day to come when they'd have to flee for their lives. But in 1986, one of the town's nuclear reactors exploded and released deadly radiation. This title explains the Chernobyl accident for curious readers.

"This book discusses the science behind nuclear plant explosions. The chapters explain case studies of plant explosions, analyze the causes and effects, and explore how to prevent these disasters. Diagrams, charts, and photos provide opportunities to evaluate and understand the scientific concepts involved."--Provided by publisher.

Thirteen-year-old Nyle learns about relationships and death when fifteen-year-old Ezra, who was exposed to radiation leaked from a nearby nuclear plant, comes to stay at her grandmother's Vermont farmhouse.

Japan's worst nuclear radiation accident took place at a uranium reprocessing facility in Tokaimura, northeast of Tokyo, on September 30, 1999. The direct cause of the accident was cited as the depositing of a uranyl nitrate solution--containing about 16.6 kg of uranium, which exceeded the critical mass--into a precipitation tank. Three workers were exposed to extreme doses of radiation. Hiroshi Ouchi, one of those workers, was transferred to the University of Tokyo Hospital Emergency Room three days after the accident. Dr. Maekawa and his staff initially thought that Ouchi looked relatively well for a person exposed to such radiation levels. He could talk, and only his right hand was a little swollen with redness. However, his condition gradually weakened as the radioactivity broke down the chromosomes in his cells. The doctors were at a loss as to what to do. There were very few precedents and proven medical treatments for the victims of radiation poisoning then. This book documents the following eighty-three days of treatment.

Filmmaker Josh Fox learned his land was on top of a large reservoir of natural gas and that he would be paid to lease his land for natural gas extraction so he documented his journey to find out if the controversial process of hydraulic fracking is actually safe, and unearthed a shocking discovery in the process.

Examines the history and workings of nuclear reactors; the benefits and drawbacks of nuclear power; famous nuclear disasters in history; and how to stay safe during a nuclear meltdown. Includes color photographs, a glossary, and further resources.

Contains twenty essays on current issues surrounding oil spills, discussing how they happen, the risk of spills, how they are handled, and industry regulations.