We Almost Lost Detroit [Mass Market Paperback]

John Fuller (Author)

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback
• Publisher: Ballantine Books; Illustrated. edition (September 12, 1976)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0345252667
• ISBN-13: 978-0345252661
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,061,127 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars We almost lost . . . a secret. February 14, 2006

By Glows by night

Format:Mass Market Paperback

Granted the book is a bit sensational - then again I lived in Detroit at that time and you can bet I would have been hyper-ventilating had I known the China Syndrome was potentiating less than 60 miles away.

Here's the key point: if this was such an itty-bitty bang why was it NEVER mentioned until this book was published?

Rancho Seco, Celilo Village, the Hanford site, 3-mile Island, the USS Thresher -- all nuclear events that blew up in the press for days or weeks - yet NEVER CALLED FORTH A SINGLE MENTION OF FERMI #1.

Sounds like a cover-up to me - and the casual mention that 'a little bit of the core melted' is no small matter - if a little melts, a lot is not far behind and Bang! There goes Detroit!

Worth a read? Yeah. Worth paying attention to the neighborhood, too.

11 of 16 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A Fabulously Informative Book June 12, 2007

By Elder Statesman Doctor

Format:Mass Market Paperback

I really don't understand why so many people gave this a low rating, don't they care about ceasing to exist? Don't they care if all future generations are degraded genetically because we keep allowing our big bloated corporations to rule us, to control us, to make life and death decisions about us without telling us the truth about what they are doing to our environment, our food and our water? This book is a good expose of how corporations (although it's not written specifically to slam corporations) will screw things up if allowed to decide how to earn money no matter what the risks to others. One other reviewer mentioned how no one heard of this until this book came out, good point, it apparently was covered up quite well, until this writer investigated and exposed the story. This should be required reading for all science majors & all business majors!

5.0 out of 5 stars Item was as described and arrived in great shape. January 7, 2013

By rickdick80

Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase

Item was as described and arrived in great shape. I've read this book before and recommend it to anyone interested in nuclear power.