Amelia Frahm

Nuclear Power: How a Nuclear Power Plant Really Works! (a Mom's Choice Award Recipient) Amelia Frahm First edition

At the Nukie Nuclear Power Plant, inside the nuclear reactor that sat beneath the big dome, (a.k.a. Reactor Containment Building) a whole lot of fissioning was going on. Where did it come from? Where did it go? A chubby lab rat and a pretty blue bird think they know. They speculate, exaggerate and blame everything they don t understand on their arch-enemy, a cat named Penelope. Who they suspect designed the nuclear power plant so she could use electricity to cook them for dinner. What they don't know is Penelope is a vegetarian. "Anything that goes wrong for a bird or rat, or raises questions or eyebrows, I blame on a cat," declared the rat. The rat and the bird tell their version of how a nuclear power plant really works in terms that won't frighten or put children to sleep. Amelia Frahm is better known for advocating cancer awareness than nuclear power, but she begin her professional career working at a nuclear power plant presenting school programs to elementary children. The author of the award winning Tickles Tabitha's Cancer-tankerous Mommy spent summer 2010 test marketing How a Nuclear Power Plant Really Works! to classrooms and groups at the local elementary school and nuclear power plant. She never imagined that a nuclear emergency in Japan would once again make nuclear power plants front page news. When asked about it, she said, whether it's cancer, nuclear power, or a cat named, Penelope, fear is fueled not by nuclear power, but a lack of knowledge and misinformation.