nuclear power plants

Presents photographs and first-person accounts of the March 28, 1979 accident at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant, and profiles some of those who helped to contain the meltdown.

Describes both the advantages and disadvantages of nuclear power, the uses of nuclear power, nuclear weapons and nuclear waste, and the future development of nuclear power.

Surveys the history and development of nuclear power and presents both sides of the controversy surrounding its use.

Explains why the Chernobyl explosion happened; and why there has been secrecy and misinformation about the true nature of nuclear reactors.

Describes the events before and after the 2001 nuclear disaster in Kukushima-ken, Japan, and describes other nuclear reactor successes and failures.

Account of the Three Mile Island nuclear disaster as written by reporter and eyewitness Wilborn Hampton.

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.

Ella Clah, a special investigator with the Navajo Police, finds herself at a loss for clues when a rash of murders accompanies the proposal by a group of businessmen to open a uranium mine and nuclear power plant on the Navajo Reservation.

Discusses nuclear power and how the positive benefits of nuclear energy are balanced against the problem of disposing of radioactive wastes.

Caitlin's concern for the world's ills finds an outlet when she meets Robert, a boy who shares her passion for important causes.