The greatest earthquake in Japan’s history (Richter 9.0) struck the northeast coast of Japan on March 11, 2011. A devastating tsunami followed. An early count of the dead and missing numbered 20,000, and the number is rising. Japan’s major power company –The Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) – owns the 6 reactors damaged during the blackout that followed the quake and tsunami. Without electricity, the emergency core cooling systems for the reactors failed. Back-up generators and batteries kicked in, but they soon failed as well. The result is the world’s worst nuclear accident. And it is not over yet.
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Dan Budnik, APG member, dies at 87Dan Budnik’s work as a photographer covered more than a half-century. He is known for his photographs of artists, but also for his photo-documentation of the Civil Rights Movement and of Native …- THE APOCALYPSE FACTORY – Plutonium and the Making of the Atomic Age, by Steve OlsonAmazon APG member, Harley Cowan has work in the recently published book, The Apocalypse Factory. A thrilling narrative of scientific triumph, decades of secrecy, and the unimaginable destruction …
- Trinity Photographic Essay by David WargowskiFrom the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists: Trinity Photographic Essay Einstein Circle member David Wargowski, who is also on the advisory board of the Atomic Photographers Guild, is publishing hundreds …
- Yoshito Matsushige — an interview with Robert Del TrediciIntroduction The dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima has arrived at the age of 75. This bomb was so powerful its first use was justified as demonstrating that this weapon meant, at last, the end …
- Tsue Hayashi – an interview with Robert Del TrediciIntroduction The dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima has arrived at the age of 75. This bomb was so powerful its first use was justified as demonstrating that this weapon meant, at last, the end …
