Atomic Accidents: A History of Nuclear Meltdowns and Disasters: From the Ozark Mountains to Fukushima

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A delightfully astute and entertaining history of the mishaps and meltdowns that have marked the path of scientific progress Kirkus Reviews, starred review Radiation What could go wrong In short, plenty From Marie Curie carrying around a vial of radium salt because she liked the pretty blue glow to the large scale disasters at Chernobyl and Fukushima, dating back to the late nineteenth century, nuclear science has had a rich history of innovative exploration and discovery, coupled with mistakes, accidents, and downright disasters In this lively book, long time advocate of continued nuclear research and nuclear energy James Mahaffey looks at each incident in turn and analyzes what happened and why, often discovering where scientists went wrong when analyzing past meltdowns Every incident, while taking its toll, has led to new understanding of the mighty atom and the fascinating frontier of science that still holds both incredible risk and great promise. Best Read Atomic Accidents: A History of Nuclear Meltdowns and Disasters: From the Ozark Mountains to Fukushima Author James Mahaffey For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr marvelous each year brings a new body of pop nuke printed material, most of it rehashed and a good deal of it wrong the discerning criticality fetishist is lucky to find a single good book among the dreck last year s was Schlosser s Command and Control this year we get Atomic Accidents too much alliteration.i knew the basic facts about most of the events in this book though the history of arranged tra...I am a very liberal person My views are probably far to the left of anyone who has been in the White House One point of disharmony between myself and my political compatriots is on Nuclear Power I think the promise of nuclear power is great and I think its critics concerns about safety are overblown This book is a detailed exploration of the dangers of nuclear power and the ways things can go wrong with it The public is fearful of radiation contamination and indeed radiation is harmful Th I am a very liberal person My views are probably far to the left of anyone who has been in the White House One point of disharmony between myself and my political compatriots is on Nuclear Power I think the promise of nuclear power is great and I think its critics concerns about safety are overblown This book is a detailed exploration of the dangers of nuclear power and the ways things can go wrong with it The public is...This one suffers a bit in comparison to his excellent Atomic Adventures , which I read not long ago I ll probably get back to it, unless the library calls it back first..Nope, someone else wants it.Looking at my notes Mahaffey says keeping accidents secret always makes things worse This was particularly evident in the old USSR, where admitting a mistake could cost you literally your life Or your job, and a free trip to Siberia Lots of gory det This one suffers a bit in comparison to his excellent Atomic Adventures , which I read not long ago I ll probably get back to it, unless the library calls it back first..Nope, someone else wants it.Looking at my notes Mahaffey says keeping accidents secret always makes things worse This was particularly evident in the old USSR, where admitting a mistake could cost you literally your life Or your job, and a free trip to Siberia Lots of gory details, almost all in...It s been a long time since I ve read non fiction that kept drawing me back to see what happens next but Atomic is totally that book.The subject matter helps nearly every recorded radiological mishap and disaster, both famous and little known There are caves of death in the Ozark Mountains circa 1880, radium paint that killed dozens, World War II, Three Mile Island, and of course Fukushima Daiichi Mahaffey leads us through each, carefully explaining isotopes and reactions in ways that neit It s been a long time since I ve read non fiction that kept drawing me back to see what happens next but Atomic is totally that book.The subject matter helps nearly every recorded radiological mishap and disaster, both famous and little known There are caves of death in the Ozark Mountains circa 1880, radium paint that killed dozens, World War II, Three Mile Island, and of course Fukushima Daiichi Mahaffey leads us through each, carefully explaining isotopes and reactions in ways that neither make you feel stupid nor dumb down the material He states his...I totally loved this book, which sounds odd considering the topic but it is so educational, diligently researched, and well written that it is actually entertaining As a child of the Korean Conflict and Cold War, anything ...This book was fascinating, thorough, and a keeper Read this with Command and Control if you want a complete look at accidents involving nuclear technology on both civilian and military sides The recounting of early work and experiments with radioactivity was compelling in a gruesome, morbid way.At once highly technical and highly entertaining, this history of nuclear accidents comes from a guy who, like me, is a fan of nuclear power But he s not blind to its flaws or to the inevitable failings of the humans who operate nuke plants Fans of technology history books will love this one.I was in school some 100km away from Pripyat when Chernobyl blew up, and I vividly remember the sense of panic that seemed to just permeate the fabric of being for months afterwards Chernobyl had been a part of life for many years since then, and I ve been reading lots of accounts and official documents about the accident After a while you start to notice that really bad ones just pump the doom and gloom and throw sciency words around without really explaining anything, or even worth propag I was in school some 100km away fr...After reading hundreds of pages detailing accidents, from small to large, which sometimes result in victims dying agonizing deaths from radiation exposure over weeks, the single most common thread through all of these accidents were that they started with people taking shortcuts So, don t take shortcuts Seems like a good lesson for life in general.Because of the cover and title, I expected that most of this book would focus on famous power plant incidents such as TMI However, only two chapter After reading hundreds of pages detailing accidents, from small to large, which sometimes result in victims dying agonizing deaths from radiation exposure over weeks, the single most common thread through all of these accidents were that they started with people taking shortcuts So, don t take shortcuts Seems like a good lesson for life in general.Because of the cover and title, I expected that most of this book would focus on famous power plant incidents such as TMI However, only two chapters cover accidents at commercial plants Instead Mahaffey crafted a meticulously researched encyclopedic timeline of accidents from the very early days of bomb research and experimental reactors to Cold War plane crashes involving nuclear weapons...Could not even finish this book It was too dull and boring I was only on the fourth chapter and didn t know how I got there or what had happened in between I had high hopes for this book since it had a 4.2 rating out of 1000 ratings but it was worse than an old high school text book.

Atomic Accidents: A History of Nuclear Meltdowns and Disasters: From the Ozark Mountains to Fukushima
  • 15 September 2018
  • ebook
  • 352 pages
  • 1480447749
  • James Mahaffey
  • Atomic Accidents: A History of Nuclear Meltdowns and Disasters: From the Ozark Mountains to Fukushima