Lethal Arrogance: Human Fallibility and Dangerous Technologies

One week later, workers at a nuclear fuel fabrication plant near Tokyo are routinely mixing uranium with nitric acid in a tank. Suddenly, there is a blue flash of light, radiation spews into the air and levels of radioactivity jump to 10,000 times normal. Thirty-five workers are exposed, and 300,000 people in the plant’s vicinity are ordered to stay indoors. It is the worst nuclear accident in Japan’s history.