Book ID: CBB154632800

Ichi-F: A Worker's Graphic Memoir of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant (2017)

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Kazuto Tatsuta (Author)


Kodansha Comics


Publication Date: 2017
Physical Details: 536
Language: English

On March 11, 2011, Japan suffered the largest earthquake in its modern history. The 9.0-magnitude quake threw up a devastating tsunami that wiped away entire towns, and caused, in the months afterward, three nuclear meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant. Altogether, it was the costliest natural disaster in human history. This is not the story of that disaster. This is the story of a man who took a job. Kazuto Tatsuta was an amateur artist who signed onto the dangerous task of cleaning up the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant, which the workers came to call “Ichi-F.” This is the story of that challenging work, of the trials faced by the local citizens, and of the unique camaraderie that built up between the mostly blue-collar workers who had to face the devious and invisible threat of radiation on a daily basis. After six months, Tatsuta’s body had absorbed the maximum annual dose of radiation allowed by regulations, and he was forced to take a break from the work crew, giving him the time to create this unprecedented, unauthorized, award-winning view of daily life at Fukushima Daiichi.

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Review Andrew Kirk (2020) Review of "Ichi-F: A Worker's Graphic Memoir of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant". American Historical Review (pp. 173-175). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Onaga, Lisa A.
Juraku, Kohta
Fujigaki, Yuko
Chelsea Szendi Schieder
Maxime Polleri
Angela Marie Ortiz
Concepts
Disasters; catastrophes
Tsunamis
Nuclear power stations
Technoscience; science and technology studies
Earthquakes
Fukushima disaster
Time Periods
21st century
20th century, late
20th century
Early modern
Modern
17th century
Places
Japan
Fukushima-ken
Thailand
Indian Ocean
Russia
France
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