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Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant

Earthquake warning. Prepare for tremors.

Earthquake warning. Prepare for tremors.

Attention, Unit Four! Earthquake! Earthquake!

Evacuate! Evacuate!

Please stay calm and leave the building immediately!

Keep moving!

Come on!

Let's go!

Units One and Two Operations Building 2F Control Room

- Watch out! - Hold on to something!

Toshio Izaki, Operations Management Shift Supervisor

- You know the drill now! - Yes, sir!

Men,

- stay low! - Yes, sir!

"Safety Rules: Stop, Cool, Seal"

We're at half SCRAM!

Unit Two, half SCRAM!

- Unit One, SCRAM! - Unit Two, SCRAM!

Control Rods, all in!

Insert the Control Rods right now!

"Reactor Power Output"

Masao Yoshida, Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Manager

Is everyone alright?

Are you hurt?

- Are you OK? - Is everyone OK?

Can you take a roll check?

See who's gone,

- and report to me any injuries. - Sir, yes, sir!

- I'll see you in Control. - Yeah.

- Find out the parameters, now! - Yes, sir!

Water level, 900!

- Pressure is at 6.6! - Re-check!

- What? - We've lost external power!

- Report! - MSIV, closed!

Main steam isolation valve, closed!

Diesel Generator [DG]

DG on!

Diesel Generator's a go.

ECCS hot!

- Emergency Core Cooling System, standby!

- On it!

Help me out. Check if the Cooling System works.

Steady, boys.

- Tell me if anything seems off. - Yes, sir!

- Miyota, Activate Cooling System! - OK!

Mode switch shut down!

- Cooling System, it's going, sir! - Copy.

Subcritical, confirmed!

"Cooling System activated"

Seismic Isolation Building

Emergency Response Room

- Hey, boss. - Do we have SCRAM?

They were all taken down.

- Units One, Two, and Three. - Good.

- Let HQ know. - Yeah!

Seismic's over six!

We just received a seismic report

of upper six in the following zones:

Nakadori in Fukushima, Hamadori in Fukushima...

Alright!

This is a unique situation we have here,

and it requires unique handling.

- Alright then? - Yes, sir!

Oh, there you are.

Oh, what a big one.

- We've come to help you. - Thank you so much.

- Thank you, guys! - Yes.

Izaki!

- Emergency power? - So far so good.

Hey, Okuda,

- cut the alarm. - Sir!

Unit One, hold please.

Toshio, sir. It's control.

- Izaki. - Are you OK?

Anyone hurt?

We're good here, thanks.

There's a mega-tsunami warning.

Right. Thank you, Yoshi.

He said "Yoshi".

They're the same age as each other.

Hey, mega-tsunami warning!

We should be safe right here.

We're 30 feet above sea level.

- Keep an eye on pumps for sea water! - Yes, sir!

- Tsunami guides ready, OK? - Yes, sir!

"Unit Two Reactor / Unit One Reactor"

Attention, everyone. Tsunami!

Those near the shore, evacuate. Repeat, evacuate now!

Attention, everyone. Tsunami.

Seismic Isolation Building

Those near the shore, evacuate. Repeat, evacuate now!

Attention, everyone. Tsunami.

Units One and Two Control Room

Those near the shore, evacuate. Repeat, evacuate now!

- Let's hurry. - We don't have to hurry now, do we?

What's that?

Tsunami?

Tsunami! Run!

Run!

- Run! Run! - Go! Go!

- Hey! What happened? - What?

- Report! - The generator tripped!

- What did he say? - The power is out!

Unit One,

SBO!

Unit Two, SBO!

We just lost all power.

Say again?

You just lost all power over there?

- Boss! Boss. - Izaki!

- Report? - SBO.

This is applicable to Article 10.

Three and Four, SBO?

- What? - What was that?

It's officially a nuclear emergency now.

Article Ten is a must!

Attention. Station blackout, now.

SBO status.

Attention.

Article Ten is confirmed.

Why did the power go out?

- Find out, now! - Yes, sir!

Tokyo 38 miles away from Fukushima

Article 10 at Fukushima Daiichi!

You sure?

- What's Article 10? - What the hell?

Are you serious with that question?

Listen to me, now.

Fukushima has just declared Article 10.

We're from the State of Emergency office.

We will take over from here.

- Thank you. - Yes, sir.

Tokyo Electric Power Co. HQ

Emergency Response Central Office

Can we get some water in here, please?

- Is Unit One cooling system operational?

- I have no idea.

Without power,

there's no way of knowing!

It'll be a disaster if they're not cooled.

- We're completely blind here. - Oh, God!

- What's happening? - Who's there?

It's bad!

We're in trouble!

Tsunami!

A tsunami hit us.

- Bring towels, now! - OK. Coming.

Seawater is in the building!

The generator's

underwater?

Then no energy.

Yoshida!

A tsunami hit us!

You say a Tsunami reached the structure?

It's higher than we anticipated.

With this massive loss of energy, the meters are down!

We're gonna need energy.

- Request generator cars. - OK!

And...

- ...some fire trucks. - You want what?

- What? Why? - You idiot!

To cool the reactors!

Our pumps don't work without power!

Water hoses will work.

- Do it, hurry. - OK!

Call the fire department!

Men, listen up.

I know it's not safe,

but we need a reactor check.

We don't know what's going on in there.

You know the rules.

When entering into the site,

every one of you

must be paired at all times.

That's rule number one.

If you're not back here in an hour, we'll come for you.

Alright?

Even if you can't reach it,

return before your hour's over. Got it everyone?

Furthermore, on this board,

write when you come in and when you go out.

- Got it? - Yes, sir.

Careful with Unit One.

It's US made and tricky.

Sir, yes, sir.

If the power isn't restored,

the water in the reactor will dry up and overheat.

Then it's only a matter of time before the fuel melts.

The melted fuel will break out of the containment vessel.

Core decay.

Meltdown.

Radiation discharges.

We'll all be exposed and it's over.

We'll inject water, into the reactors to prevent that.

We can use the fire-fighting pipeline to send the water.

We have to open these five valves.

Yoshida.

Izaki's crew

is working on the sprinkler system to send water.

- We're thinking the same thing. - Uh-huh.

Without pumps, the fire trucks can send water.

Boss! Yoshida!

Damn it. We lost two fire trucks to the tsunami.

Is there a third?

It works,

but we got to clear the wreckage before we can move it.

- Do it right now! - Yes, sir!

Only one truck? It won't be enough.

Contact HQ.

Request extra straight away.

Yes, sir!

Attention!

We need to power the instruments in the control room.

If you have a car here, go!

We can use your car batteries. Please go with me.

Please go out the front,

or come with me now! Hands up!

All of them?

1 hour 50 minutes after quake

Yes. They've lost all power

- and can't cool the reactors. - How could this happen?

The tsunami.

PM's Office, Crisis Management Center

Everything's underwater, sir.

Were they not prepared at all?

- It was much bigger than expected, sir.

- What now?

The reactors will start to overheat,

if they're not cooled down quickly.

- Yes. - Tell me something more.

What's the Safety Agency doing?

Sorry! I'm so sorry!

- What is your plan? - Listen,

- we're working on countermeasures. - What are they?

You tell me the details!

You're the Nuclear Safety Director.

If anyone is going to explain, it'll be you!

-You see, I...

The details are too much, or what?

Well, I majored in Business Studies.

Huh?

Chancellor!

Takemaru of Tokyo Electric is here.

Where's the President?

Regretfully, he is away at a retreat.

- A retreat? - Yeah.

He's attending it out in the West.

- He's on his way to us right now. - And the Chairman?

Apologies. He's in China, on business.

You're present but they're out?

We're so sorry.

"Omori Kano"

2 hours 33 minutes after quake

Units One and Two Operations Building

- Ready? - Let's go.

1.2.

1.2, huh?

Unit One Reactor Building

This way.

"Water pipe"

- Switch it to manual. - Go.

Valve 365, opened.

Valve 365 opened, check.

Valve 25A, is open.

Valve 25A opened, done!

- We can send in water now. - Right!

- Bring them water. Water! - You guys OK?

Good job!

Radiation was...

1.2 mSv.

Something is wrong in Unit One.

The reactor water level could be low.

Inside Unit One, 1.2 millisieverts.

Could be something wrong inside Unit One.

There's high radiation level in Unit One.

1.2 millisieverts per hour.

Higuchi, where the hell are those generator trucks at?

- They're coming. - Faster!

Yes, sir!

It's called off. That's it.

4 hours 3 minutes after quake

The generator trucks were just way too heavy.

Huh?

Emergency Helicopter Pad

- So what are we gonna do now? - I don't know.

For now, that's all.

Shut down!

Cancelled! No helicopters coming.

That's it! Go Back! No helicopters coming!

4 hours 59 minutes after quake

PM's Office, Press Conference Room

Today,

at 4:36pm, there was an event at

the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.

It falls under the Act on Special Measures,

concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness.

Article 15, paragraph one, item two.

We recognize that this situation requires an emergency response.

to stop further expansion of nuclear hazard.

So, in accordance with regulations,

a state of emergency

has been declared.

At the moment, there has been no report...

Oh, Grandpa. Let me do that.

I got it.

Izaki Residence, Tomioka Town

Haruka, put broken things in here.

Izaki Residence, Tomioka Town

...no major problems as of yet,

so please stay calm...

State of emergency, huh?

There is no need to panic.

Please move in a calm and orderly manner.

You have no reason to worry.

He's been there for decades.

Yeah.

This is an evacuation order.

6 hours 4 minutes after quake

Please move in a calm and orderly fashion.

Don't panic.

Residents within one and a half mile radius

of the plant are to evacuate.

Do we really have to go?

What now? What now?

Please move at a calm and...

- There's an issue at the plant? - I don't know.

Just move quickly.

The evacuation is over.

Looks like a traffic jam here.

Futaba Town Office

- Did you get through to Daiichi yet? - Not yet, sir.

We reached Diani, sir.

Daiichi is apparently still without have power.

- No power? What the hell? - Boss!

The government is sending 60 buses for evacuation!

That's massively too late.

What are we going to do about the iodine?

HQ, we need clear guidance!

As per regulation of the Nuclear Safety Authority,

younger people should take it, but those over 40 don't have to.

But that's just unfair

to draw that line if they're all gonna go.

The radiation level is rising.

We can't approach it, if it gets any higher.

Those workers are risking their lives! Decide now!

Yoshida, listen. Give us a sec, OK?

We're gonna ask the Nuclear Safety Agency.

HQ can't even make that call?!

The generators are here!

We'll make it.

What do you say now?

The voltage is different.

We needed high-voltage generators but...

they sent us low-voltage generators.

What the hell is HQ doing?

Idiots!

Thanks.

- Hurry up, Nishikawa! - I'm doing it!

Don't talk back.

Maybe we can connect with the energy

from the seismic isolation building?

That's too far away.

That kind of set-up would take us days, huh?

- Got it. Got it. - OK, go.

Where do I put the batteries?

Here.

Hey, gimme light!

Sorry.

Miyamoto, try it now!

You got it!

Here it comes.

Izaki, sir!

The pressure indicator is functional.

What's it say?

600 kilopascals.

How much?

The pressure limit

is 427 kilopascals.

That could mean...

...it could burst at any second.

We have to vent.

Venting?

Unit One containment,

pressure 600.

Unit One containment pressure,

600 kilopascals.

- 600? - What?

We have to cut it down.

Prepare to vent. Check with the other units.

- Yes, sir. - Yes, sir.

Izaki, it's me.

Yoshi.

Tell me now. How long we got?

I give it to morning.

I see.

When there's too much pressure,

the vessel here will max out explode.

To prevent that,

10 hours 6 minutes after quake

it's necessary to release some pressure.

through this pipeline here, sir. That's called venting.

So say we do as you say,

we will toxify the entire surrounding area.

If it explodes, even more radiation will contaminate

the entire Eastern seaboard of Japan.

Of course we'll make sure residents are evacuated

before venting.

So, again, the air will go

to this suppression chamber with water,

and make its way on up.

So the amount of radiation should be reduced,

to about 0.1%

It should?

Well, sir. Venting has never been performed anywhere before.

- First time ever? - That's right.

The issue is they have no power out there.

It has to be done by hand.

Someone must go inside the contaminated reactor building.

to initiate venting.

You can't just say that!

You know the risks of venting

during a full-on station-wide blackout now!

I know.

But we've no choice.

We already told the PM.

Of course,

we'll handle the venting responsibly.

You know we're on it. It's just,

don't say things without consulting first with us!

Our timing matters the most.

Compose yourself!

God dammit!

Yeah, Izaki.

Izaki,

do it.

Alright. We gotta go.

Choose who it'll be.

You choose them.

Yeah.

Men.

We're venting Unit One.

This'll mean...

...releasing radiation.

We'll choose who will go.

You already know

the building is dark,

and we don't know what's there.

The radiation is high.

So I...

...won't send in the young.

If you're willing to volunteer, you should raise your hand.

So,

join if you'd like to.

You can count me in.

Izaki, you can't leave.

He's right.

You gotta stay here to lead.

I'll go.

I'll go, too!

Me too, sir.

- Count me in. - I'll go!

- I'll go! - Me too, sir!

Thank you.

Men,

thank you all.

The young will stay here.

Please let me have three pairs,

of our oldest.

At Fukushima Daiichi,

the pressure inside the containment vessel

is rising very quickly,

so they're going to begin venting

in order to release some pressure.

Now, we'll open up the floor for your questions.

When should this begin?

12 hours 20 minutes after quake

So, we've told the site to aim for 3am to carry it out.

It's already 3:12.

I mean, they're ready at three.

I've been told they've started the process,

so I'll go back,

and check on their progress.

I'm Hashiguchi from Fukushima Minyu.

Have you informed the local residents about it yet?

We're working on it.

I'll get back and check on that.

We'll follow the National

Regulation Authority's directions, and...

we'll let you all know.

Thank you very much.

Yo, over here!

The valve on the second floor of Unit One

is the MO valve.

On top of the suppression chamber is the AO.

Boss,

Igawa and I will go. The MO is tough.

We'll get the AO open, sir.

Hirayama and Matsuda, you'll wait here.

- Yes, sir. - Yes, sir.

"1. Omori, Igawa, 2. Kudo, Yano 3. Hirayama, Matsuda"

I repeat,

14 hours 58 minutes after quake

Residents within a 6 mile radius of the plant must evacuate.

Don't panic.

Tomioka Town Office

Please get on the designated bus.

Residents within a 6 mile radius

of the plant are ordered to evacuate.

Please don't push.

Tell me what's going on?

Where are we going this time?

Nobody has actually told us yet.

Please sir, just go.

What about radiation?

What's with the plant, huh? Just tell us!

I don't know!

Just get on the bus. Now, OK?

This is an emergency announcement from Tomioka Town.

The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant

has experienced an issue.

What are you doing, Grandpa?

We have to hurry.

Come on.

Keizo,

big trouble over at Daiichi, huh?

Soon, we will be able to return to our homes.

Toshio will handle it.

He ought to! Let's go.

All in?

Haruka, let's go.

That's everything we could find there.

Thank you. Thank you, that's good.

Put them over there.

Ready when you are.

Oh, shit.

We're ready now.

Please wait a little.

We still don't know if the residents are evacuated.

You must keep waiting.

Yoshida,

15 hours 4 minutes after quake

may I have please a word?

Yoshida speaking.

Can we vent yet?

Prime Minister Kan is on his way there.

You sure?

To the station?

Please handle it well.

Good God.

Give us a break here.

We're stretched thin even now.

The decision has been made,

so please handle it well.

Yoshida?

Alright, sir.

It's just...

masks need to be provided by his own entourage.

Yeah,

you'll give him some of your own.

Giving those won't leave enough for everyone.

The workers are already sharing.

There just aren't enough left.

We're dealing with the same issue.

You handle it.

You go to hell!

Are you trying to kill us?

Figure something out if you don't have any!

Will you let us do our job?!

Yoshida,

your orders are clear.

So you think...

...venting should wait until the PM makes his exit?

Why didn't you stop him?

-I tried. No use. -It's no joke

if he receives exposure.

15 hours 14 minutes after quake

- We'll make sure he doesn't.

- Alright, but who knows what'll happen...

Sir! Grant me authority during your absence.

Alright.

Radioactive decay will cause high heat.

- High knee? - High heat!

If we don't cool it with water soon,

the fuel deliquesces. A China syndrome might happen.

And if the fuel melts down, then what?

Heated metal and water react.

- Hydrogen is then formed. - Has the process begun?

Well, likely it's already started inside the vessel.

That hydrogen would obliterate the entire area!

Exactly, making all the venting important.

In order to release that pressure.

Whoa! Over here.

Front Gate, Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant

"Japan Ground Self-Defense Force"

Thank you for coming.

Hello, sir. I'm Sergeant Major Henmi,

Camp Koriyama, the Sixth Artillery Regiment.

We're here with the requested fire team.

Please wait right here.

But they're at the front gate now!

What?

Well, why not?

Oh, I see.

I'm very sorry, we have to ask you to wait.

The Prime Minister is here.

He's here?

16 hours 25 minutes after quake

Good morning, sir.

Why haven't you vented?

Venting out. Why hasn't it started?

- Well, that's... - Start it right now!

The air dose rate is very high.

Keep monitoring the rise.

Decontaminate your gear.

Put it in a bag and hold on to it.

Good morning, sir. Careful, take off your shoes.

Then you can test for contamination.

Our staff will take care of your testing, sir.

What the hell do you think I'm doing here?!

I don't have time for this shit!

Yes but it's for the...

...just take off your shoes, please.

Wear these.

Hey, what's it at?

0.3 mSv.

The level is rising.

- So, we'll go. - Yes, sir!

Let's go.

What are you doing now?

We're working on the difficult issue

of venting without electricity on site.

It's giving us some difficulties.

What kind of difficulties?

Allow me. I'll show you.

Please see here.

The tsunami submerged this entire area of our power plant.

Water came into the building which shut the power down, sir.

The system cooling the core is malfunctioning.

Venting will fix it?

Venting will help.

They're telling me those valves are without power.

So, we'll have to try and manually get them open.

- Get it over with already. - Absolutely.

Our suicide squad is ready.

Suicide?

Prime Minister Kan still here?

Yeah, Yoshida is meeting with him.

Lift it up higher! More!

"Disaster Relief"

The water tank's beside this building.

- Power outlet's over there. - Got it.

Connect the trucks and start pumping.

- Get to it! - Yes, sir!

Go! Go!

Move!

Hurry!

Watch your step!

Hurry!

Evacuation complete, sir.

18 hours 18 minutes after quake

Izaki.

It's me.

OK.

- Initiate venting. - Understood.

We have the order.

Commence venting.

Aye, sir.

The meter maxes out at 1000.

If it does,

you return right away to this post.

No questions.

- We know that. - I've set the dosimeters to ring.

80 millisieverts is the limit.

Whoa.

Never seen that. Serious stuff.

Your oxygen lasts 20 minutes.

We'll return before that.

Don't go too far, Omori.

I know.

"Omori, Igawa: 9:11 am"

- We're off. - Take care.

Radiation level?

600.

So far so good.

Cables connected to the power panel.

If the pump works, we can inject water.

- Switching on the breaker. - Yes, sir.

Three, two, one, go!

It's connected! It's connected!

- Connecting! - Go!

"Water Outlet"

- Done! - Right.

OK, OK!

It's in there.

OK!

- OK here! - Check!

- Ready? - Ready!

Commence injection!

Commencing!

It's here. Let's go.

There it is. This is it.

Valve number MO 210.

AC PCV Venting Valve MO Valve Unit 1

Woah!

This is the one. Let's do it.

Are they OK?

We're at 11 minutes.

Opening!

Open it to 25 percent.

That's five percent!

Ten percent!

15 minutes!

"Keizo Izaki 12/21/1927, Tomoko Izaki 4/23/1960,

Haruka Izaki 1/14/1978

25 percent. It's open.

It's open!

Look, look!

Look!

It's open at 25 percent!

It's open.

We did it!

Water's flowing! Water's flowing!

It'll cool down! Water's flowing!

Water's flowing.

19 minutes.

The O2 is only for twenty.

Mr. Izaki, sir!

- Sir! Sir! No! - Get off me!

- Hey, Izaki!

- Get away from me! I'm gonna get them out.

- Stop! No! - It's open!

It's open!

The valve is open!

We did it!

Yeah!

Bring water! Hurry!

Get him out!

Thank you.

Yeah!

It was so hot.

The MO valve is open!

Yeah!

You can send in the second unit straight away.

Toss everything in the bags. Hurry!

Honda, here.

Omori, 25 millisieverts.

Igawa, 20 millisieverts.

That much exposure in only 20 minutes?

"Kudo, Yano: 9:38 a.m."

Team two heading out.

Thank you.

Hey, Kudo.

It's at the suppression chamber.

Radiation's high.

- Take care. - Yes, sir!

OK.

Let's do this.

Let's go.

Reactor Building: Basement Level 1 - Torus Room

It's hot.

500.

It's 500!

We press on.

900.

It's 900!

We keep going...

...until it tops out.

OK.

Hang in there. We're close.

1000 mSv.

We can't go any further!

Just 30 more yards.

- We're almost there! - We can't do it.

Come on!

Yano, we're heading back.

We can make it.

They'll be alright.

Thanks, Omori.

- Kudo! - Yano!

- Are you alright? - Quick!

We failed!

The radiation was too high!

And we were so close!

The meter maxed out.

I'm sorry!

I'm sorry!

This way! Bring water!

Excuse me, sir.

No, no, no!

Radiation level...

...95,

89.

That's nearly the emergency limit of 100!

Thank you.

I'm so sorry.

I'm so sorry!

Mr. Izaki.

- Let me go again. - No, Yano!

You were both highly exposed.

If you stayed any longer, you would have died.

Take them

to the seismic isolation building now.

- Yes, sir. - Yes, sir.

I'm sorry we failed.

Let me go in!

It's all right.

I'm sorry we failed!

It's OK.

They didn't make it.

The radiation level is too high to go in.

What if we try opening the valve with pressure

by sending air in remotely?

Will that work?

We'll do all we can.

Right. Sorry.

Izaki, sir.

Takumi! You came back.

Our units are OK, so we're here.

- You too? - Yeah.

We heard you're giving it another try?

Suicide squad?

The level is high here, so how about a detour?

That's good. It'll take longer.

It should work if we hurry.

Hirayama,

can you find the valve in there?

It won't be hard.

Wait one second. Why don't I go?

- What? - I worked at Unit One for a while.

I know just about everything there is to know

about the AO valve.

I understand Unit One's quirks the best.

Not a chance.

Do you get how deadly it is in there?

Nobody younger than me should go in.

I feel as though

I was sort of trained by that Unit.

It created the plant engineer

- you now see here. - Stop it now!

These reactors aren't just machines.

Like children, some misbehave and some are obedient.

The most difficult one here is Unit One, yeah?

Precisely.

I want...

...to save it myself.

Please let me go!

Sir, get the gear.

They're from our high school.

They can do it.

Kana?

- Tomoko. - Are you OK?

Yes.

Oh, water for you.

That's very sweet. Here you go.

Takumi sent you any update?

Not yet.

I can't get him on the phone now.

Izaki said something?

Well, he should be OK.

They're professional.

Yes.

"Massive Earthquake in East Japan"

"Worst in History"

"Mega-Tsunami"

"Tomioka Town Evacuation Center"

You gotta quit smoking.

- Just one. - ...And move in an organized manor.

...There are enough supplies for everyone.

The desk for missing persons

and safety confirmation is inside.

23 hours 44 minutes after quake

Yeah, Izaki.

White vapor is coming out of the stack.

Vapor?

It's wrong!

Stop them! I said go!

- Go, go, go, go! - Get your mask!

Hey, stop!

Hey, stop!

Wait!

Why are you stopping us?

We need to open the valve!

Hey. Hey, come back!

- Just let me go, damn it! - It's an order.

- Abort the mission! - Abort?

- Come back, please! - Come back.

Smoke is coming out?

We used the compressor

to open the valve remotely.

You see? Venting worked.

We didn't even know.

You wanna kill us? We're risking death.

You think I don't know?!

We're doing everything we can! Asshole.

- What was that? - Venting accomplished.

They forced the vent with air.

So, then it worked.

I don't feel much like celebrating,

when we've sent that radiation outside.

I hope my mom got out of there.

I guess it's better than that vessel blowing up.

- Huh? - Yeah.

Let's look at what's good here.

You're right.

In Unit One, the radiation is higher now.

Entering is impossible.

I wonder what's happened...

...inside there?

A meltdown has begun.

Meltdown...

If that vessel cracks, it's over.

What's the point in us staying here?

What did you say?

Come on.

There's nothing we can do for now.

- So why bother staying? - Nishikawa!

And you call yourself a plant engineer?

Listen,

the radiation level is getting higher and we're in danger!

If we run away,

who will protect this reactor?

We're not doing that at all.

What about we stop wasting time

and go to the seismic isolation building?

At least there, we can figure out something to do.

There's gotta be a better way!

No way in hell we can leave.

- Anything can happen here.

- But then we're gonna die for no reason--

You coward! How dare you!

Hey, calm down!

- Let go! - Knock it off, boys. Enough!

If we would retreat,

we'd be abandoning the entire area of the plant!

Now,

I'm...

...having trouble with...

...those people,

that abandoned their houses,

because they believed in something,

that will

control this situation.

Now, I wanna confirm that,

because I wanna go home, too.

We all do!

We really don't know what will happen.

So, you're really asking now why?

Cause I'm willing to die.

It's up to us

to save our hometown.

So I cannot leave.

Maybe all we're useful for

is checking the meters,

but we cannot give up on controlling the reactor!

No matter what Yoshida says,

you'll evacuate before I do.

Please understand me.

Please.

24 hours 50 minutes after quake March 12, 3:36 PM

Get your masks on! Put on your masks!

- Masks on! - Masks. Quick!

- Get it on! - Check the parameters!

Hurry!

What happened? Check that line!

It exploded!

It blew!

Unit One, it blew!

Fall back!

Are you OK? I'll give you a hand.

Can you stand?

No, not in there. Fall back!

No, get out of there! Come on, go!

- Go, go! - Check the power line.

The power cable was damaged!

What?

We finally had decent electricity but now,

we gotta start again.

Breaking news.

There has been an explosion

at Fukushima Daiichi power station.

The footage is from today...

- What's that? - Did it explode?

What happened, huh?

I'll find out.

...but we are looking into it

and will keep you updated as this story develops.

You can see smoke bellowing from the station.

Oh my God.

Hey, listen up. There's been an explosion!

It's over.

Nobody could've survived that.

They're all dead.

Why in the hell did they build a plant there?

- What's gonna happen? - We can't go home ever again!

Not a rat's chance.

Hey!

Take those down. Who's here to celebrate?

Huh?

Party curtains.

Excuse us.

Kana, your jacket.

Huh?

You're so kind.

Boss!

We're... we're running out of fresh water.

Then we use the sea.

"Soma Odaka Shrine Prayer for Protection"

My God, Haruka? It's good to hear you.

You alright?

I'm doing good.

How are things in Aizu?

We're all good here.

But how about your father?

Of course he's good.

You know?

Haruka.

I know.

Daddy? Daddy?

Be careful. Slow down.

Haruka, calm down!

I am calm.

You're the one being emotional.

- It just won't work out. - How would you know?

I just know.

He's 16 years older, divorced with a kid.

- It just won't work. - You're mistaken.

I'm OK with it, so it's gonna be good.

Well, I'm not!

Well, OK!

I raised you 24 years. What for?

Dad, gimme.

Gave you everything.

Sending you to university.

Tomoko, why did we have to work so hard?

To give my daughter

to some 40 year old guy?

I can't allow the young to stay any longer.

You are dismissed.

Don't you worry, we're tough as nails.

We've survived half a century, after all.

Let's go.

If this is the end,

let's take some pictures!

Don't talk like that, Maeda.

So, first Kano.

Big smile. Cheese!

Nice.

Hey, Omori. You're up next.

They'll use this at my funeral.

Make me look good.

A funeral portrait in full mask gear, huh?

Perfect for a plants operator.

If we die,

it'll be considered "in the line of duty."

In the line of duty?

Sounds cool, like an action film.

Don't be ridiculous.

Do you get what it means to die from radiation exposure?

Have you forgotten the Tokaimura nuclear accident?

"Accident at Nuclear Facility"

2 workers dead.

The cells all over your body die.

"310,000 Residents Must Stay Indoors"

Dreadful doesn't even begin to describe it.

Sorry. OK.

Group photo, OK?

- Alright everybody in. - Let's take one together.

Come on in. Hey, Matsumodo,

you gained a bit of weight! Alright.

The electricity here

goes to Tokyo.

Cool, huh?

So Dad,

you won't have to work away from home anymore, right?

Yeah. I'll work at a partner company of the plant.

So then, we're here all year together!

Come on.

Let's go see the Shrine.

This here is a nuclear containment unit.

- Isn't it big? - Wow.

It's a water reactor.

The very high heat from fission reactions

boils water so hot to produce steam,

and that steam in turn produces electricity.

Nuclear power produces massive energy at low cost,

and it's clean energy,

that doesn't emit carbon dioxide.

It's the energy of the future.

Wait, wait. Hold.

Smile!

27 hours 39 minutes after quake

Residents within a 20km radius of the plant ordered to evacuate

Close your window, please.

- Wow! - So cool!

It's coming! It's coming!

28 hours 39 minutes after quake

Yes, Yoshida.

Takemaru here.

Where are we with the seawater process?

It's underway.

What? Quit now!

What the hell for?

You...

...you can't pump seawater in.

What's this about?

Front of Unit Three Building

This is bad.

- What in Gods name are you talking about?

- Just stop injecting!

You're trying to say

not to cool the reactor?

Calm down!

- Concerns are being raised. - Concerns?

Now, you listen.

If we don't do what we're doing, it's over!

Impurities.

Huh?

They're saying impurities in the water

may cause permanent damage to the reactor.

I've never heard of this before!

I said just don't.

The priority is cooling, however we're able to do it.

Why don't you explain that to them!

Yoshida!

Obey me now.

We're doing it.

They really want us to stop the water?

The government is butting in.

Why is HQ letting them? Why now?

Sons of bitches!

- Sasaki. - Yeah?

HQ

will send an order to stop the seawater.

Got that?

Count on me, sir.

- Good thing we had seawater in the pit.

- How much is left?

No idea. Hopefully, it's enough.

We'll figure something out if we have to.

Water is flowing in Unit One.

Oh, thank God!

That's a relief. Thank you.

- Report any problems with water pressure or levels.

- Yes, sir!

Yoshida, sir!

Speaking.

They say it's too soon to inject all that seawater,

so you all need to stop it right now!

Understood.

Sasaki!

Sir!

The water must stop.

- Full stop. - Consider it done, sir.

HQ.

I'm gonna take a leak!

- OK. - OK.

Commencing injection!

- Mochizuki, sir, - Yeah.

it'll take at least five hours for the power to recover, sir.

The injection is stable now,

so we'll come help.

- Thank you. - Thank you very much, sir.

- Oh my God, the smell! - Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry!

I'm so sorry for making you help,

cleaning the mens room.

It's OK.

After all, somebody's gotta do it!

But oh God, it stinks!

No running water.

Igawa.

49 hours 16 minutes after quake

- Yeah? - Is Unit Two's RCIC operational?

Plus 3,750.

The cooling system's working.

Yes?

Unit Three's radiation is rising fast.

It might explode any minute.

Abort all outside missions.

Everyone except those collecting data,

come right away to us here.

We'll take turns, in the control room.

Izaki,

you come back too, and report to me.

You know I can't leave.

You can explain this better than anyone else.

It's an order.

Return now.

We'll stay right here, sir.

Please go back, Izaki, sir.

Yoshida said

we should rotate.

Five men at a time.

- Dear God. - It's like we got bombed.

Radiation levels are rising!

Stop your work and evacuate

to the seismic isolation building! Now!

The radiation is rising! Evacuate immediately!

Quickly! Go! The radiation levels are rising!

Decontaminate over there. Wash off.

Radiation scan over here!

Good work, everyone.

Izaki.

- It must've been especially hard for you. - Asano.

Thank you.

Omori, Hirayami!

Neither of you have slept yet, huh?

- We're alright. - Look at us.

- Izaki, sir. Good work, sir! - Good work!

- How'd it go? - Well done!

Yoshi. Five men stayed, twelve are here.

Omori, sir. Thank you.

Well done, Hirayami, sir. And you.

Great job guys. Take a good rest, yeah?

64 hours 14 minutes after quake

Yoshida, sir.

We have to get ready to vent Unit Two,

and have to pump water with the fire trucks

and work on restoring power.

You need to send some workers outside.

Those units could explode at any second.

The pressure level in the containment vessel

is stabilizing.

Continue working straight away.

What if we can't vent and the vessel explodes?

It's all over.

So look at the data we're sending!

The radiation levels are too damn high.

You enjoy the safety of bureaucracy.

You shut up and do it!

We'll answer for it all from here.

This is my fucking call! My call!

- Higuchi. - Yeah?

I'm sorry.

Would you go again?

Yeah.

- Yes, sir. - OK!

- Set them up. - Let's get set up over here.

Go!

- Oh my God! - Oh my God!

Go! Go!

68 hours 15 minutes after quake

Call the control room and check!

- Anyone injured? - Check the parameters!

HQ! HQ!

Explosion here! Unit Three!

Unit Three just exploded.

Casualties?

- We'll know very soon! - Yoshida!

Yoshida! 40 men!

We're missing 40 workers!

Get a stretcher!

- Are you OK? - We've got one injured here!

Bring a stretcher!

- Are you OK? - Hurry!

We're here to help!

Let's get a move on!

Make way! Make way!

Make way!

Yoshida!

- You said it was OK! - You promised us it was stable!

- We could have all died! - I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry.

It's just...

...too dangerous out there.

You OK?

If anyone dies, I'll kill myself.

Don't talk like that. Get a grip!

- I'm going back to the control unit. - No way.

The radiation level is too high out there.

Wait a bit. Please.

Unit Three exploded and radiation levels are higher.

Wait a while, will you?

Don't bother

sending anyone over.

Takumi, it's just for now.

It's really OK.

It's OK.

Takumi, I'm coming soon! I'm in charge over there!

Izaki, sir!

Izaki!

- Not now, wait! - I can't!

Izaki!

Grab your masks! Let's go!

You all stay here.

- It's our turn! - Are you OK?

We're here now!

It's our shift now!

Izaki, sir.

You thought I'd abandon you?

- Igawa, we're here. - Omori!

Matsuda.

- Kano, sir. - Sorry to worry you.

Izaki, sir.

I'm so sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

Yoshida! They're saying everyone is alive and well!

Many were injured but now they're stable.

Zero deaths.

Thank God.

81 hours after quake

Izaki!

The pressure level in Unit Two is rising!

Water level?

Below top of active fuel.

Probably none left.

It's not cooling!

It's well over the limit.

The pressure inside the containment vessel

is 730 kilopascals.

730 kilopascals?

That's two times the limit.

Maybe it's a mistake.

No, we'll try rewiring and opening the SR valve.

Battery.

Do whatever you can to keep it contained.

- Please! - 730?

But what if Unit Two explodes?

Nobody will be able to reach us out here.

And we'll lose control of the reactors.

With it other stations.

They'll all start breaking down one after another.

Ten reactor explosions combined means Chernobyl times ten.

4,000 dead,

116,000 residents within 30km radius forced to relocate

April 26, 1986: Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Disaster

All of Eastern Japan,

including Tokyo will be destroyed.

Yoshida.

81 hours 25 minutes after quake

Yoshida, sir.

Just call out the Unit Two pressure

and water level from now.

Drywall, 740.

Water,

downscale.

So, it will explode for sure.

Yoshida, try the SR!

Drywall venting will help right away.

We're trying!

Onodera,

leave us alone now.

Yoshida, just get on with it!

I want to talk to you all.

Anyone who's not currently working on a project,

should leave this station.

No need to stay longer. Thank you all for your support.

You mean this place is in danger?

Anything could happen at any time.

You all should go.

Immediately.

We'll stay and fight until the very end of this thing.

Men of the JSDF, thank you all for your service.

Sir,

there's no way we will evacuate,

when private citizens are still fighting.

Our job is here,

protecting this country.

Then you'll stay?

Yes.

Drywall, 745.

Reactor water level, downscale.

They're going...

...to suffer.

Shouldn't we get them out of there?

Yoshida,

please just hurry up and vent the drywall!

Fukuhara, you got a minute?

Hey boss, doing OK?

Yoshida, sir?

Asano.

Were you gonna call your husband?

I...

Tell me.

Well, I don't really have to.

Why not?

I've just always felt we're connected,

even if we're apart.

Are you showing off?

We demand an answer from your office!

Tokyo Electric Power Co.

- Tell us! - Tell us what's going on!

- Takemaru! - What's the situation now?

What was that explosion? Where's the CEO?

We'll do our best to handle it.

Please, sir, give us an answer.

I'm from Fukushima.

Tell us what's happening?

- There are over 100,000 evacuees... - Don't go away!

Will you take responsibility?

Give us something.

Is there any hope left for us?

Sir, you have to answer the questions. Tell us.

Is there hope...

for us?

You're pulling out of Fukushima?

- At a time like this? - Pulling out?

You want to now?

85 hours 17 minutes after quake

- No! - Speak up!

No, we're not considering it.

If they leave the station,

we will lose control.

Fukushima Daini will also breakdown.

All the reactors will collapse. We're finished!

Check this map.

"Fukushima Daiichi Plant, 250km radius"

Around 50 million residents

within a 155 mile radius will be displaced.

Tokyo

"Tokyo Electric Power Co. Headquarters

Underground Entrance"

They're here.

Tokyo Electric Power Co. Main Office

- Thank you for coming, sir. - Where?

This way.

Hey, listen up.

87 hours 25 minutes after quake March 15, 6:11PM

Prime Minister Kan will join us

in a video conference soon.

Why are there so many here?

There's no press here, right?

You all know what's happening at the plant

and what it means for this great country of ours.

The damage will be catastrophic.

This could be the end of Japan as we know it.

You can't evacuate.

You can't run away.

If you leave now, your company will just go under.

You can't plan your escape right now.

What the hell is he saying?

Nobody's running away.

What a dick!

Executives over 60 can go there to die.

I'll go, too.

Chairman and President, get your shit together!

You can't evacuate!

What the...

Which one was that?

Are you OK?

Check the parameters!

We're on it!

Batteries connected.

Suppression chamber pressure,

zero.

Suppression chamber pressure, zero!

Unit Two suppression chamber,

zero.

Unit Two suppression chamber is at zero!

- Zero? - Verify!

- Was that at Unit Two? - How's the containment vessel?

Could it be breach in the chamber?

An terrible amount of radiation will leak out.

Unit 2 Containment Vessel Suppression Chamber

My God.

If the suppression chamber goes,

there's no way left to cool the reactor.

It's all over.

Mr. Izaki.

Listen up.

Anyone...

...who is not here as essential personnel, leave!

Crew leaders,

choose who will stay.

Finally,

thank you.

We have protective clothing and masks downstairs.

Please make sure you put them on.

You heard.

Leave now.

We're staying.

We're all staying.

What will you do,

Izaki, sir?

Of course, stay.

Then so will we.

- We'll see this through--- - Don't be ridiculous!

You're all still young.

- Go. - I won't!

This is an order! Get out!

- Honda... - We're gonna need you.

Think about it, for the future.

Toshio Izaki,

thank you!

You taught me so much.

Thank you.

Izaki, sir,

I'm sorry I can't help.

Forgive me!

- Forgive me. - Forgive me.

Not so fast.

If I'm gonna die,

Honda, replace me.

If you die,

Yamagishi,

Komiya,

then Miyamoto.

- Got it? - Yes, sir.

You good?

Honda?

Izaki, sir,

- I... - I know.

Now you go.

Excuse me, sir.

Allow me to go, too.

Sorry.

"Magnitude 9.0 East Japan Earthquake"

"Planned outage until April"

"390,000 evacuees in 7 prefectures"

"Distribution of stable iodine tablets"

"Hydrogen explosion"

"Save water"

I'm starving.

We got any food?

That sounds nice.

OK. Tell the guys in the control room.

- Look at that. - Canned food!

This'll do.

Oh!

Yummy!

The best by date is...

Worried about your health, Grandpa?

You're right.

Anyone want rice crackers?

Here, have some sea biscuits.

Your favorite wheat snacks.

Three portions please.

- Thank you. - Keep in line. Keep in line.

Only one order per person.

Thank you.

Sorry, excuse me.

Mom,

I just got a text from Dad.

"Haruka, I apologize.

"It's your life.

Live the way you want. You have my support."

He never uses emojis.

Oh, Father.

That moron.

Yeah. Don't worry, don't worry.

Yes, I'm eating.

Yeah, we have food.

Nojiri, sir, the data.

"Study hard,

and grow in patience and kindness.

Dad."

Thanks, man.

"Take care of the kids.

You made me happy."

I'm forever grateful.

"Dad, apologize to my face!

Come to my wedding or I won't forgive you! Haruka"

"At Cape Shioya"

Sorry to force so much on you.

No.

What a fucking mess.

Welcome to the club.

Thanks.

Why did all these things happen?

Or did we...

...make some kind of mistake?

Why do these taste so good?

Ota! Hey!

- Mochizuki, sir! - Yeah?

Please send over more hoses to Unit Two, quickly.

- Yes, sir. - Let's go!

The pressure in Unit Two is still high.

We have to be ready for anything.

Yes, sir.

Unit Two, connected!

Drywall, 764.

Water, downscale.

Dumping water from a helicopter?

How can that work?

If fuel rods are exposed,

wouldn't the water cause a steam explosion?

There is that risk,

and I don't know if it'll be effective.

But, it will show the world Japan's will.

We have to try everything!

The JSDF has now begun dropping water from helicopters.

At 9am this morning, water was released...

I appreciate the gesture,

but it won't matter.

...Two helicopters are currently on-site,

and making passes with water.

The air drops are expected to continue.

Again, you can see these images coming in now...

Father...

Takumi, it's connected.

I'll check.

- Izaki, sir! - Yeah?

It's gone down!

Pressure in the Unit Two vessel is down!

- Well, what's that? - 350 kilopascals.

It's 350.

It's gone down.

The containment vessel won't break now.

Great.

Thank God.

Yoshi,

the drywall pressure in Unit Two is down.

You sure?

Thank God.

Unit Two,

the drywall pressure, it's going down.

The drywall pressure in Two is going down!

That's great!

Hey!

The containment vessel pressure in Unit Two is down!

Unit Two is stable!

Yoshida!

I saw a blowout panel has fallen and smoke is coming out!

So that's why it didn't explode.

But now,

we've scattered radiation everywhere.

That explosion

was Unit Four.

I thought Unit Four was shut down!

So, maybe Unit Three affected it.

Unit Four's drywall is intact.

It's OK.

But no!

Stay alert.

Hang on until the relief arrives.

Yes, sir!

Good, stay right there.

Right there.

Good!

It's beautiful.

Sweet serendipity.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I can see my wife now.

We can all go home alive,

Izaki, sir.

Yes.

Let's go home alive.

Japanese fire and rescue teams

were among first responders

Yokota Air Base 374th Airlift Wing

after 9/11.

They came to the aid of the US in our time of need.

As true friends always do.

The time has come for us to return that favor.

Let's get up to Tohoku, and help those people.

This relief mission will be called

"Operation Tomodachi".

Airmen,

- God speed! - Yes, sir!

Let's ask there.

I'm Takumi Maeda of Tomioka Town.

Mr. Maeda of Tomioka Town. Let me check.

Tomioka too. Izaki, sir.

Father?

Haruka.

Father!

You were worried.

I'm sorry.

Family alright?

Momma!

Momma!

Father's here.

Tomoko.

Thank goodness.

That emoji scared us.

Kana!

Honey!

Papa!

Toru.

It's OK now.

Hey!

Toshio's back now!

Matsunaga, sir.

Everyone!

Toshio has returned to us!

Welcome back.

It's great.

Everyone.

We've made Tomioka Town

uninhabitable.

I beg your forgiveness.

What are you saying?

- You did your best. - Yeah.

- That's right. - Protected our Tomioka until the end.

Well, yeah.

No need to apologize to us.

Toshio, sir, thank you.

- for your hard work. - Thank you!

Grandpa!

Grandpa!

Grandpa, father's back.

Father.

You're alive.

- Thank you. - Sure.

"Friends, friends."

Spring 2014

♪ O Danny Boy ♪

♪ The pipes, the pipes are calling ♪

♪ From glen to glen ♪

♪ And down the mountain side ♪

♪ The summer's gone ♪

♪ And all the roses falling ♪

♪ Tis you, tis you must go ♪

♪ And I must bide ♪

♪ But come ye back ♪

♪ When summer's in the meadow ♪

- Permit, please. - Good morning.

Thank you, sir.

"Road Restriction, No Thoroughfare"

"Atomic Energy Energy for a Bright Future"

"To Mr. Toshio Izaki"

- I'm the new Plant Manager

of Daiichi from today.

June 2010

I'm Yoshida.

The market will become open from now on.

Let's work hard,

together.

- Yes, sir. - Yes, sir.

Welcome back!

We've been waiting.

Thanks.

So?

Yeah!

Nice working with you again.

I hope so.

Izaki.

I may not be able to see you again,

so I decided to write you this.

It's been two years since that terrible accident.

We both had quite a rough experience.

"From Masao Yoshida"

I thought Japan was through.

That the rest was up to fate, or Buddha.

I accepted my fate, that I was going to die there.

If an accident happens,

the people at the plant are the first to die.

But if we do die,

the accident will spin out of control.

If we can't save the workers,

there's no way we could save the local residents.

Remember when you asked me

if we made some kind of a mistake?

I think the answer to that question is

finally within reach.

We disregarded the power of nature.

We believed that no tsunami over 30 feet

would strike the plant. Without solid evidence.

for over 40 years since Daiichi was built.

We believed we controlled nature.

It was our own hubris.

Izaki.

I'm so glad you were right there with me then.

On 7/9/13 Masao Yoshida passed from esophageal cancer

Had things gotten any worse,

I would have evacuated everyone,

and stayed until the end with you.

I imagined...

...you'd be willing to die with me.

Yoshi.

Of course I wouldn't have left you alone.

I would have stayed

until the end.

You know,

nobody knows why the containment vessel didn't explode,

even to this day.

Something that terrible

should never happen again.

I promise you, Yoshi.

We'll keep telling what happened

to future generations.

It's the...

...duty of those who were there.

Yoshi.

The Cherry Blossoms are here.

International media named those people

who fought to control the reactors

the "Fukushima 50."

The theme of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics

and Paralympics is "Reconstruction."

The torch relay starts from Fukushima.

We offer our sincerest prayers for the people

who lost their lives in this disaster,

and extend our deepest sympathy to all those affected.

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