A devastating earthquake and tsunami struck Japan on March 11, 2011 triggering a crisis inside the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex. This 2012 documentary reveals how close the world came to a nuclear nightmare.
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In the desperate hours and days after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, the fate of thousands of Japanese citizens fell into the hands of a small corps of engineers, firemen and soldiers who risked their lives to prevent the Daiichi nuclear complex from complete meltdown. FRONTLINE tells the story of the workers struggling frantically to reconnect power inside the plant’s pitch-dark and highly radioactive reactor buildings; the nuclear experts and officials in the prime minister’s office fighting to get information as the crisis spiraled out of control; and the plant manager who disobeyed his executives’ orders when he thought it would save the lives of his workers.
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Radiation is among the most terrifying things I could imagine. The danger you cannot see and when your equipment starts rapidly sounding you know you are in for the worst.
Let's build more nuclear.
I am wondering what caused this quake. I have my doubts.
Is Radiation even real? That didn’t look like an explosion in the least bit; looked like a giant release of smoke I didn’t see any fire at all just heard a bang wtf was that? Bro the Boston bombing was more of an explosion. When they said meltdown I was thinking I was gonna see a blast as if sun was about to explode I was waiting to see some kind of crazy blinding flash of light instead it’s just a measly cloud of smoke meh.
Still radiation is constantly spewing out every day and people are still eating poisoned seafood that comes from there. Toxicity all the way across the Pacific, arriving on the Oregon coast and up to Alaskan waters. Japanese were banned from speaking publicly about it. Mutations are everywhere because of this.
Reagan,(under Bush boy's brilliance) had the same solar panels Carter was SMART ENOUGH TO put up- TAKEN DOWN. IT'S NOT CLASSY, LACKS SWAG-''Right, 'Mommy' ?" (It's a little 'thing'; DEPENDS ON THE 'USAGE', HMM?
DID JAPAN EVEN TRY TO AIM THE FLOW TO CHINA'S MAINLAND?
WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE¿
EVER SINCE KAREN SILKWOOD 'GOT SICK' & STARTED 'LALLYGAGGING' & NOT PICKING UP AFTER HERSELF (HAIR FOUND IN THE HAZMAT SUIT, EG)? JUST SLOPPY HABITS!
I USED TO HANG OUT W/THESE 'CARNEY-TYPES; FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY & COMING TO CALVERT CLIFFS, NUKE POWER PLANT W/THESE TALL TOWERS , LITTLE HORNS ON THE TOP & LORD HELP YOU WHEN-NOT AN IF, A 'WHEN' IT BLOWS.
'SO WHAT'S IT LIKE THERE?: (AS I'M HEARING GREAT MUSIC, HANGING OUT WITH NICE COOL FOLKS ON THE CHESAPEAKE BAY: HERE FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY & MAKING $1000/WEEK DURING AN 'OUTAGE' (ROD REFUELING).
"IT'S LIKE BEING A NUCLEAR JANITOR."
"DO YOU KNOW IF THEY STOP EVERY NUCLEAR PLANT RIGHT NOW (!) I'LL BE EMPLOYEED UNTIL I WANT TO STOP WORKING? IF I LIVED TO 500 YEARS, I'LL HAVE A GREAT PAYING JOB FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE!"
THE SHIT HIT THE FAN ONE AFTERNOON, 'THEY DON'T HAVE ANY RIGHT TO PULL THAT SH*T! HIS LOCKER'S HIS OWN LOCKER! (THE BOSSES FOUND A FEW SYRINGES IN THEIR LOCKERS.
ONE GUY HAD AN OVATION CUSTOM LEGEND GUITAR ($1200/1) & COULD PLAY BOWIE'S ZIGGY STARDUST LP START TO FINISH ALL NIGHT LONG, TRYING TO TEACH ME BUT I WAS HELPLESS! GOOD TIMES…
I WEEP FOR THE FUTURE.
EVERY, SINGLE PRISTINE BEACH, SHORELINE, SETTLED BODY OF WATER HAS- AT SOME PLACE – A POORLY RESPECTED, MAINTAINED AS A GARBAGE DUMP- CEMENT POOL WITH BLACK LAYERED PLASTIC IN THE SUN ALL DAY, EVERYDAY WITH GREEN MOLD SITTING (& FUNGI GROWING) ON A BASICALLY FLAT ALMOST LEVEL CEMENT POOL WITH THE HIGH TIDE CRASHING INTO IT LIKE CLOCKWORK! THAT'S NEVER GONNA BE SEEPED BACK n FORTH, INTO THE BODY OF WATER& CONTAMINATE THE WATER, GROWTH IN THE WATER, RIGHT WHERE NO ONE GOES EVER. NAHH, IT'LL BE FINE 👍🏻! OKAY? HI! HI! HI! OKAY? OKAY? DON'T MAKE ME LOSE FACE!! OKAY‽ HI HI! HI HI HI! OKAY! Ha haha! Video game? OKAY!
SEE? ALL GOOD¡¿ HAHA!!
NOOO, NOT SPRINGFIELD! NO-OH-OH! NOOO! 3 EYE FISH? SILLY! Hahaha… All good!👍
Christ,, all those people… All we can do is condolences but if I was the farmer,, I'd take my daughter to the mountains of China,, a thousand miles from the god-damned coast… As far as the prime is concerned,, he did as well as can be expected in a disaster,, took balls to get on a Helo and go to the scene… Maybe should have asked for help from other nuclear countries,, but this getting the owners to do something,, what the f*** are they going to do? They're all a bunch of money men,, they could have thrown a billion euros at the problem but it would take time.. there has to be trained suicide squads in the military for situations like this,, and it's the corporation's military so,, these money men should either ante up or be overthrown by a socialist movement that can put people ahead of profit…
The pm did all he could and I think he did a good job in these situations
I'm sorry, but as an engineer myself, I have to question who made the decision to build a nuclear plant in front of a known tsunami risk? Seriously. This is a self-evident error that requires hubris on a scale that I find simply unthinkable.
Absolutely epic! True Ninja Skills! 💚
I got chills at the End! 😇
Thank you! Japan! 💚
Thank you for sharing this message for historic reasons you must know that are friends in Japan 🇯🇵
I really feal for the tepco workers, especially the fifty that stayed, truly heroic
So brave true heroes, the fire fighters
Theres such as an influence of default and can be clearly be seen through these events. One primarily is the location of generator. But these are inevitable to those who make strickness that somehow making you so awkward. It might have been an anomally that can never be told untill you will see it via experience. Somehow I cannot just also be influence by what is right in here. But if Circumspectivity and its body such as definition and existence is really deprived the events is really an anomally. Deprivers are real and horrific indeed to be avoided and for us to be aware and attentive. But this is the very first lesson and not the calamity itself. ( ref: tunneling) 🤓🤓
The ingenuity the workers had to rig up all the car batteries long enough to get some instruments working is amazing.
You know what ugly truth is
Russia still cant live in city(nuclear disaster)
But japan government let go live people in Fukushima
And most Japanese dont know
Theirs government try people eat food from the Fukushima
Most people doent know
Not safe in japan
Will be radio active kill people a lot
TEPCO,and I thought Communism was evil, so are private companies. Nuclear power can never be 'safe', even though the ultimate cause was an act of Nature. We need too much electricity, more than we can afford.
27:09 is this Fallout music playing in the background???
It was a disaster?? YA THINK. Dodged another one humans. CHERNOBYL. DAICHI NOW ZAPORHITZA IN UKRAINE— play with splitting some more atoms Einsteins. ⚛️
EXCUSES EXCUSES EXCUSES — back up generators are USELESS if the are ALL IN YOUR FLOODED BASEMENT??? I'm an engineer and this ain't rocket science
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Does anyone know what if did not here apped?
It sounds like they could use a handful of “basic zappers” from the Walmart website or eBay I think wolf creek ranch is a seller of “basic zappers” these devices cancel all negetive effects of radioactive materials also beck electrifiers do the same and a German company called “lete” sells on eBay “beck zapper”/“blutzapper” and it works really well, they definitely both basic zappers and beck zappers clean like over a five mile radius or at least mile radius I think, at least a stadium though
evil country
What a brave scientist, pilot, fire-fighters, and all the people that were trying to fix this complex issue. There were just heroes. My respects for Japanese people. God bless you all.
Fred said … Those who are responsible for the safety of others and hide the truth from them in order to save their jobs, deserve to be lined up and publicly shot!
Fred does get very angry on occasions.
So basically the people running the site were liars deceivers and if Japan didn't have a hands on approach nothing of the truth would have come out. UK take notes one reason why you never privatise companies.
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Remember. It is men who risk their lives. Let's talk about equality.
This documentary indicates why New Zealand is a Nuclear free zone
Meters and Kilograms exist. Document: Feet because we are from stoneage and miles because it doesnt make sense
In energy production, repair and maintenance are important. There's no room for errors. Its life that is put at risk, exposure to radio active elements poses risk of cancer that is lethal to anyone, both man and beast. 2022 onwards.
Some will argue that nuclear power is the future but others will argue that nuclear could be the end.
Those men that went in are heros for sure. They put their lives in harm's way to save so many they didn't even know. The Japanese people have a resolve and moral code not even comparable to the rest of the world. Those men deserve some sort of reward for their gallantry. Like some kind of metal of honor, monetary compensation, and free heath care for them selves and family for the rest of their lives.
I hope if I am ever in a dangerous situation I will have that kind of courage.
thos ar living hiros for all japan and not onli for wat hty ah done .. good for them … as vo tha event wel thunami or not .. thy did wat was tha bes t for them .veri good ..and sone deces wel it is not 20 000 yeasr as in tha cernobil reacors gen ! the got a log wei to weit intil a permanet fix wel be creted iges !
Is this price really worth it?? Just because you can doesn't mean you should!!!
Life seem like one dumb
Movie were founders is dumber then the investor
I'm Nederland'S presentatie presns dictator Sergio-Sezgin 04-03–1986 Maxeina Broertje kom naar hier heen toe… groetjes Willem Alexander….
Too much face saving going on at tepco.
Hats off to the brave men and women who prevented a larger disaster from happening. I hope that all those who lost loved ones find peace
Chinese don't give two fucks about the people
anyone know what the radiation levels were? they dont show them
Always the brave firefighters that end up getting screwed over and having to do the deadly grunt work to attempt to get things under control and pump water in just like the fire fighters, minors, and liquidators during chernobyl. They are the true unsung heroes.. not the pencil pushing politicians and suits who are giving the orders.