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The fukushima nuclear disaster is so recent that its been difficult to have a nuanced and thorough perspective on this event. Mark willacy is the north asia correspondent for the australian broadcasting corporation. Fukushima by mark willacy, 9781742612959, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Fukushima by mark willacy overdrive rakuten overdrive. Japans tsunami and the inside story of the nuclear meltdowns, willacy writes about small towns like rikuzentakata and namie, where the destruction of the earthquake and the tsunami meet the invisible radiation menace. All it took was an open mind, a search for the truth and a lot of work. His book reveals similar knowledge deficits not only in the japanese public, but in many of those who oversaw japans fukushima meltdown response, including nuclear industry workers. On 11 march 2011, japan was rocked by the most violent earthquake in her history and one of the largest ever recorded. Fukushima is the story behind the twin catastrophes of the tsunami and nuclear meltdowns, seen through the eyes of witnesses and victims from the mother patiently excavating the mud and debris left by the tsunami as she looked for the remains of her daughter, to the prime minister of the day, naoto kan, to the plant director of fukushima. Willacy is inside of me and ready to implode in you book of vealigo phases cptr 1 songs about willacy. The book was named pick of the week in the sydney morning herald which said willacy s critique of the current situation is hardhitting and devastating.