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Fukushima Nuclear Disaster, Japan, 2011 Gardening Ground cover plants Nuclear energy Nuclear energy Safety measures Juvenile literature Nuclear power plants Accidents Nuclear power plants Accidents Japan Fukushima-ken Nuclear power plants Accidents Ukraine Chornobylʹ Nuclear power plants Accidents Ukraine Chornobylʹ Juvenile literature Nuclear reactor accidentsSummary: "Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant looms just 35 miles from Times Square. With over 50 million people living in close proximity to the aging facility, its continued operation has the support of the plant's operators and the NRC--Nuclear Regulatory Commission--yet has stoked a great deal of controversy in the surrounding community, including a vocal anti-nuclear contingent concerned that what...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF INDSummary: In this thrilling feminist documentary, indomitable women fight back against the nuclear industry to expose one of the worst cover-ups in U.S. history. RADIOACTIVE: The Women of Three Mile Island is an award-winning film about the 1979 Three Mile Island meltdown the worst commercial nuclear accident in U.S. history and its aftermath. It uncovers the never-before-told stories of four intrepid...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: An earthquake in rural Australia causes a dangerous leak at WALDO, a nuclear waste storage facility. Heinrich Schmidt, an engineer badly exposed to radiation, knows that the leak will poison the groundwater for hundreds of miles around, and wants to warn the public. His boss, however, is only interested in protecting himself, and plots a cover up. Heinrich escapes from the facility, but is too...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gemstone Entertainment 2016
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY ACTION/ADVENTURE CHAHigginbotham, Adam
Summary: Journalist Adam Higginbotham's definitive, years-in-the-making account of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster--and a powerful investigation into how propaganda, secrecy, and myth have obscured the true story of one of the twentieth century's greatest disasters. Early in the morning of April 26, 1986, Reactor Number Four of the Chernobyl Atomic Energy Station exploded, triggering...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2019
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.17 HIGCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 363.17 HIGCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Environ HigginbothamWalker, J. Samuel.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of California Press 2004
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Examines the aftermath of the 2011 nuclear disaster in Fukushima Japan. Looks at the lives of some of the refugees from the town of Futaba. Raises questions regarding the future of nuclear power in Japan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC NUCSummary: In April 1986, an explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics becomes one of the world's worst man-made catastrophes. This gripping 5-part HBO miniseries tells the powerful and visceral story of this event and its aftermath.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD CHECopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE CHECopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV CHELüsted, Marcia Amidon.
Summary: Describes the events of what scientists accept as the worst nuclear disaster in history, with emphasis on the environmental effects on the immediate area and the world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: ABDO Pub. 2011
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Summary: Examines how nuclear energy is produced and used, as well as its possible dangers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: F. Watts 1990
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 621.48 ARNMurray, Julie
Summary: "This title will help readers understand the causes, timeline, and aftermath of the Chernobyl disaster. The title is complete with glossary, index, and additional facts"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dash! Leveled Readers, an imprint of Abdo Zoom 2024
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J363.17 MURFuller, John G. (John Grant)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Reader's Digest Press ; distributed by Crowell 1975
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Summary: Examines the rise of industrial agriculture and plant biotechnology, the fall of public interest science, and the folly of patenting seeds. The author suggests how green technologies and new approaches to food and farming methods will provide a way out of this growing predicament.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 631.521 CUMSummary: What harm could come from sitting leisurely at the computer, chatting with online pals? Unfortunately, many young people who spend hours in chat rooms or post sensitive information on the Internet have little or no idea of the risks involved. This program warns students about how vulnerable they are whenever they venture into the cyber realm-even when they think they're among "friends."...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Woods, Michael
Summary: Describes environmental disasters, including oil spills, chemical leaks, toxic pollution, and nuclear accidents, and discusses how they impact people, wildlife, and the environment.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications Co. 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 363.702 WOOSummary: Has China circumvented the economic woes of America and Europe, or is the "Chinese miracle" headed for similar implosions in its housing and financial markets? For answers, this film seeks out the opinions of several Chinese commentators-from respected economists who offer complex analysis to ordinary Beijing citizens who describe their day-to-day struggles with the country's rapid changes....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Vollmann, William T.
Summary: William T.Vollmann begins No Immediate Danger, the first volume of Carbon Ideologies, by examining and quantifying the many causes of climate change, from industrial manufacturing and agricultural practices to fossil fuel extraction, economic demand for electric power, and the justifiable yearning of people all over the world to live in comfort. Turning to nuclear power first, Vollmann recounts...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 333.79 VOLBortz, Alfred B.
Summary: Recounts the Tohoku earthquake, subsequent tsunami, and the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twenty-First Century Books 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 363.1799 BORPlokhy, Serhii
Summary: An in depth look at the stories of firefighters, scientists, and soldiers who worked to extinguish the nuclear inferno of Chernobyl identifies the flaws of the Soviet nuclear industry.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2018
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Summary: "Follow a classroom of diverse kindergartners as they plant seeds in their garden, tend the growing plants, and harvest the vegetables. Clear, bright photographs show the plant life cycle"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 571.8 ARNBlankman, Anne
Summary: Relocating to Leningrad in the wake of the Chernobyl disaster, neighbors Valentina and Oksana, who have been taught to hate each other because of religious differences, uncover painful family secrets while learning what it means to trust another person.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BLALochbaum, David A.
Summary: "In the first definitive account of the Fukushima disaster, two leading experts from the Union of Concerned Scientists ... team up with journalist Susan Q. Stranahan ... to tell this harrowing story, [which] combines [an] ... account of the tsunami and the nuclear emergency it created with an explanation of the science and technology behind the meltdown as it unfolded in real time"--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Perseus Distribution Services 2014
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Summary: Describes how nuclear power developed, how it works, and the serious health and environmental problems that ensue when the process malfunctions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 363 BENWade, Stef
Summary: Shocked to be stripped of his planet status, Pluto goes on a quest to find his place in the universe. Includes educational materials.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG WADLewis, Gary
Summary: "Ground covers are an essential part of any garden-they suppress weeds, mask problem areas, and knit different parts of the garden together. Yet only a handful of old standbys are commonly used, resulting in dull, unimaginative landscapes. In reality, there are thousands of exciting, garden-worthy plants that make excellent ground covers-people just don't know about them. This comprehensive...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press 2022