Neutron Bytes - Dan Yurman
On the Brink: The Inside Story of Fukushima Daiichi
This
book is the English translation of a Japanese best seller which tells
the true story of the role of the late Masao Yoshida who led his men in
the stabilization of the Fukushima reactors in the first days following
the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami that wrecked the power
station.
Even more compelling is the parallel
story that that one of Japan's largest newspapers, the Asahi Shimbun,
deliberately distorted the official government reports of the the heroic
work of Yoshida's team and then used these lies to promote editorials
opposing the restart of Japan's remaining 48 nuclear reactors. The lies
were found out by four other Japanese newspapers resulting in the
resignation of several top editors and the president of the company that
owns the paper.
Even the New York Times took
notice as did the Financial Times, London, which took the unusual step
of publishing a full obituary of Yoshida's life. He died at age 58 in
2013.
The Technical Editor for the US / English
edition is Akira Tokuhiro, Professor and Director, Nuclear Engineering,
at the University of Idaho.
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Dan Yurman
dan.yurman@outlook.com
Twitter: @djysrv Blog: NeutronBytes
Mobile: 216-369-7194
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