Encore: Meltdown at Fukushima | Triple Disaster | 1

Against The Odds

Wondery

Cassie De Pecol, History, Society & Culture, Dolby, Mike Corey, Dolby Atmos, Atmos

4.7 • 7.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

In March 2011, one of the largest earthquakes in history struck eastern Japan, followed by a massive tsunami. This one-two punch then caused a third disaster—a total loss of power at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Employees at the plant found themselves scrambling to cool down the reactors, and avoid a deadly meltdown.

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0:00.0	Wunderry Plus subscribers can listen to Against the Odds early in ad free right now.
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0:09.0	Hey, I'm Mike Corey, host of Against the Odds, where we tell true stories of people
0:14.2	triumphing in the toughest conditions. Last month, Japan marked the 13th
0:18.6	anniversary of the catastrophic meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.
0:24.4	Japanese government and power plant officials say a full cleanup is still more than 40 years
0:29.4	away, while critics say that timeline is too optimistic.
0:33.6	The largest challenge in the remediation efforts is still how to remove the
0:38.0	880 tons of melted nuclear fuel at the site.
0:42.0	Our series Meltdown at Fukushima takes us inside that horrific
0:46.0	week 13 years ago when a small group of brave plant engineers were forced to make
0:51.0	impossible decisions with the future of the entire nation at stake.
0:56.0	This episode of Against the Odds contains explicit language.
1:00.0	Please be advised. It's March 4, 2011.
1:04.0	It's March 4, 2011,
1:10.0	inside the control room of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
1:17.0	Engineers scurry from their desks to the instrument panels that run the reactors.
1:22.0	Supervisor Ikuo Izawa steps forward to address them.
1:27.0	T-minous 60 seconds since the earthquake.
1:30.0	Magnitude 7.5.
1:32.0	Epicenter is a few miles away. Extensive damage to the roads so outside
1:36.1	relief will be delayed. That means the clock is ticking everyone. Have we confirmed
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