Fukushima: A Nuclear Story (A Nuclear Story)

I'm in central Tokyo in Akasaka.

It's a powerful earthquake

here. All buildings sway.

Look at the top of that

building! See how it moves!

How Strong is the earthquake?

7.9 On the Richter scale.

It's a tsunami coming.

Where then? - In Sendai. It

is about 7 meters high.

Residents within 3 km are

advised to evacuate.

Those who live between 3 and 10 km

away, are advised to stay indoors.

No government has been here. It

is three days since the tsunami.

It looks like this here now.

Se of.

Kesennuma is a city of

about 60,000 residents.

It is one of the four capitals

of Japan's tuna industry.

Now the city is completely destroyed.

Another tsunami is coming. Be careful.

- Coming now? -Yes. - The water is rising.

KESENNUMA BANK

The bank is closed due to the tsunami.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

We find ourselves between Kesennuma and Matsu.

There is an endless line to

buy food at the supermarket.

The line is in perfect order.

And these people have been waiting for six hours.

Emperor Akihito I am very concerned about

the situation at the nuclear plant.

Naoto Kan Former. Prime Minister, we have decided to evacuate

people who lived 20 km from the power plant in Fukushima Daiichi.

Earthquake, tsunami, nuclear fallout...

This is the area that has been exposed to all three.

Now we are two kilometers

from the Fukushima Daiichi.

The nuclear power plant that threatens

Japan and throughout the world.

Here is the power plant.

I'd better leave, otherwise they may stop me.

Follow me.

Were you afraid to die?

My name is Takeshi Takahashi.

I took over as director here in December

2011, after my predecessor Masao Yoshida.

First, I apologize to the people of the world -

For damage caused by this accident.

There are many complex procedures.

The most difficult process is the removal of solidified lava -

From the reactors that melted down.

It is an operation that has

never been attempted before.

We know that one of the biggest problems

is the huge amount of contaminated water.

It contains a large

number of radionuclide.

To deal with this increasing amount of

water we have built storage facilities.

And we are building more.

Everyone who lives here is from Osaka.

The government wants us to move back home.

But we must wait for the

result of decontamination.

Everything depends on the result.

Do you hear me? 1, 2, 3... Test.

Okuma Machi, a few kilometers

from the Fukushima power plant.

A city which is now a ghost town.

Only a few dogs and cats have survived here.

A group of Japanese people come

sometimes here to feed them.