accidents

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

When the plane flying Chris and his father crashes on the Serengeti Plain, Chris sets out to find help and finds that his journey is paralleled by that of an aging lion.

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.

Describes the seven crewmembers on board the Challenger space shuttle which exploded on January 28, 1986. Also describes our future in space.

Describes the events surrounding the explosion of the Challenger shuttle in 1986, the investigation of this disaster, and the seven astronauts who died. Includes Internet links to related Web sites, source documents, and photographs.

Provides information about the search for answers in the space shuttle "Columbia" disaster, featuring an account of events that occurred during the reentry phase of the February, 2003 mission, introducing the seven astronauts who died in the explosion, and including a look at the history of the space program.

Tells the story of American doctor Peter Gale, who put together an emergency medical team to treat victims of the Chernobyl nuclear accident.

Chronicles the fight of the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Justice to convict Idaho fertilizer plant owner Allan Elias of nearly killing twenty-year-old employee Scott Dominguez, whom he ordered to clean out a storage tank that supposedly contained only mud and water but was laced with cyanide.