Source Notes

4 Arun Vemuri, “Cakes,” in 2:46: Aftershocks: Stories from the Japan Earthquake, ed. Patrick Sherriff (London: Enhanced Editions Ltd., 2011), Kindle Edition.

4 Ibid.

5 Eric Talmadge, and Mari Yamaguchi, “How First 24 Hours Shaped Japan’s Nuclear Crisis,” Associated Press, July 3, 2011, available online at http://news.yahoo.com/first-24-hours-shaped-japans-nuclear-crisis-060035933.html (October 17, 2011).

28 Mike Gray, and Ira Rosen, The Warning: Accident at Three Mile Island (Chicago: Contemporary Books, 1982), 27.

31 Fred Bortz, Catastrophe! Great Engineering Failure—and Success (New York: W. H. Freeman, 1995), 55.

33 Richard L. Thornbaugh, quoted in Pittsburgh Tribune-Review interview, available online at “Audio: Dick Thornburgh on TMI Accident,” March 22, 2009. (October 17, 2011).

34 Jake Adelstein, and David McNeill, “Meltdown: What Really Happened at Fukushima?” Atlantic Wire, July 2, 2011, http://www.theatlanticwire.com/global/2011/07/meltdown-what-really-happened-fukushima/39541/ (October 19, 2011).

53 Ibid.

35 Talmadge and Yamaguchi, “How First 24 Hours Shaped Japan’s Nuclear Crisis.”

36 Ibid.

42 Japan Times, “Editorial: Nuclear Power in Disarray,” March 15, 2011. http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/ed20110315a1.html (October 19, 2011).

43 Eriko Arita, “Disaster Analysis You May Not Hear Elsewhere,” Japan Times, March 20, 2011. http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/03/20/national/disaster-analysis-you-may-not-hear-elsewhere/#.WD3Jh6IrJ24 (October 19, 2011).

47 Robin Sayles, “France Includes Nuclear Exit Scenario in Study on Energy Policy,” Platts, July 11, 2011, http://www.platts.com/RSSFeedDetailedNews/RSSFeed/ElectricPower/6262761 (October 17, 2011).

49 Mara Hvistendahl, “China’s Three Gorges Dam: An Environmental Catastrophe?” Scientific American, March 25, 2008, http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=chinas-three-gorges-dam-disaster (October 17, 2011).

54 Matthew L. Wald and John M. Broder, “Utility Shelves Ambitious Plan to Limit Carbon,” New York Times, July 13, 2011, http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/14/business/energy-environment/utility-shelves-plan-to-capture-carbon-dioxide.html (October 17, 2011).