About the Book: Fallout: Disasters, Lies, And The Legacy Of The Nuclear Age
An investigation into our complicated 8-decade-long relationship with nuclear
technology, from the bomb to nuclear accidents to nuclear waste.
From Hiroshima to Chernobyl, Fukushima to the growing legacy of lethal
radioactive waste, humanitys struggle to conquer atomic energy is rife with
secrecy, deceit, human error, blatant disregard for life, short-sighted
politics, and fear. Fallout is an eye-opening odyssey through the first eight
decades of this struggle and the radioactive landscapes it has left behind. We
are, he finds, forever torn between technological hubris and all-too-human
terror about what we have created.