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Fukushima Nuclear Disaster: Was it Preventable? | Corporate Casket

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Blair Zoń

Documentary, Education, Business, Society & Culture

4.4961 Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2022

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Go to http://upstart.com/casket to find out how Upstart can lower your monthly rate. Go to http://shipstation.com and use the code CASKET to get a 60-day free trial. Welcome to the Corporate Casket, a weekly series where bad businesses go to die. Connect With Me: https://linktr.ee/iilluminaughtii This episode was edited and mixed by: G. Thomas Craig Album cover art created by: Betsy Primes Intro Song Credits: Trauma- Will Van De Crommert Outro Song Credits: Electronica Punch- Oleksandr Koltsov Ad Music Credits: Tango de Manzana by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4460-tango-de-manzana License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Backbay Lounge by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3408-backbay-lounge License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

It's been described as Japan's Chernobyl, and while the disaster at Fukushima was certainly different, they both have a lot more similarities than you might think.

0:14.4

The story of unsung elderly heroes risking their lives for their younger countrymen,

0:19.5

neglect that many argue crosses the line into criminality, and an eerie silence from those in charge.

0:27.0

Fukushima is making headlines again for a recent earthquake leaving the world watching, scared that history will sometime soon repeat itself.

0:35.0

Hello and welcome to the corporate casket.

0:41.0

I'm the aluminati and today we're going to be talking about

0:43.4

Fukushima, not the town itself by the way we're going to be talking about the

0:46.3

incidents that occurred around Fukushima. Not only have there been concerns about

0:50.1

the stability of the area since the recent quake, but the lasting effects of the 2011

0:54.8

disaster are still felt.

0:57.2

South Korea still has a ban in place on the fish there, and the UN is currently reviewing

1:01.0

the possibility of dumping nuclear wastewater into the ocean.

1:04.2

So how did we even get here?

1:06.2

Well, let's get into it. I've been been living here for eight years now and this was quite simply the biggest

1:19.0

longest lasting earthquake I've ever experienced here.

1:22.0

And now we want to talk about what exactly is going on at that nuclear facility and that reactor.

1:26.0

And for that we're going to turn to Dr. Michio Kaku.

1:28.0

There's a Chernobyl in the making.

1:30.0

We are now going into uncharted territory. We are thinking the unthinkable.

1:35.0

It was 246 p.m. on March 11th, 2011, when a 9.0 magnitude earthquake struck off the east coast of Honshu, Japan's main island.

1:46.9

Japan is located along the ring of fire where tectonic plates beneath the earth's crust

1:50.5

move and shift, leading to earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.

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