Encore: Meltdown at Fukushima | The Devil's Chain Reaction | 4
Against The Odds
Wondery
4.7 • 7.2K Ratings
🗓️ 14 May 2024
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
After a week of unrelenting disasters—and with Tokyo itself now under threat—the managers of the Fukushima nuclear power plant are forced to evacuate all but the most essential staff. But with the help of an elite firefighting force called the Hyper Rescue Squad, the remaining few rally for one last battle to avert a catastrophic meltdown.
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| 0:00.0 | Wundery Plus subscribers can listen to against the odds early in ad free right now. |
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| 0:09.0 | This episode originally aired in 2022. |
| 0:13.0 | Tetsuro Ito Hurries through a hallway at the Kante, the Japanese Prime Minister's residence in the heart of Tokyo. |
| 0:29.0 | Ito is the head of the government's crisis response team. |
| 0:33.7 | It's 2 a.m. on March 15, 2011, |
| 0:37.2 | four days since a massive earthquake and tsunami |
| 0:40.2 | caused widespread destruction on the eastern coast of Japan. |
| 0:44.0 | A few minutes ago, Ito received an email with urgent news |
| 0:49.0 | that he needs to share immediately with Prime Minister Nautau Khan. |
| 0:53.8 | He reaches Khan's office and pauses outside the door. |
| 0:57.5 | He takes a deep breath to settle his nerves. |
| 1:00.6 | Khan has a notoriously bad temper, and he's already on a short fuse, but there's not a second to lose. |
| 1:08.0 | Ito opens the door and finds Khan meeting with several aides. They frown at him, annoyed by the intrusion. |
| 1:15.7 | Khan looks especially displeased. What is it? Sir, I need to speak with you alone. |
| 1:22.4 | Khan looks dubious, but motions for everyone else to leave. |
| 1:28.0 | So, what was so important that you had to interrupt me? |
| 1:32.0 | Tepko is saying they might abandon Fukushima. |
| 1:35.0 | At this, Khan's bloodshot eyes go wide. |
| 1:40.0 | Tepko is the Tokyo Electric Power Company, which owns and operates the Fukushima |
| 1:46.0 | daichi Nuclear Power Plant. |
| 1:48.3 | Ito explains to Khan what he's heard, that Teppco is thinking about pulling all their workers from the plant and letting |
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