Deirdre Langeland 's Meltdown explores for middle grade readers the harrowing story of the deadly earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdown that caused the 2011 Fukushima power plant disaster On March 11, 2011, the largest earthquake ever measured in Japan occurred off the northeast coast.
It triggered a tsunami with a wall of water 128 feet high.
The tsunami damaged the nuclear power plant in Fukushima triggering the nightmare scenario--a nuclear meltdown.