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They've lost all power?

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Yes.

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{\an8}The seismic isolated building's
emergency generator is working,

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{\an8}but the critical generators
in the reactor building are all broken.

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{\an8}A report from TOEPCO just arrived for
the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency.

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{\an8}From the tsunami?

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{\an8}How did that happen?

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The coastal area
where the reactor buildings are located

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and the hill the anti-seismic building
is on have different elevations.

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How different?

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The reactor buildings
were ten meters above sea level,

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while the anti-seismic
building was at 30 meters.

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NUCLEAR AND INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AGENCY

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CHAIRMAN WAKIYA

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Is every generator
in the reactor building truly inoperable?

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You can't just dry them off?

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That's what was reported… by TOEPCO.

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How many generators does the station have?

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Approximately ten, I believe.

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Were they all located
at the same elevation?

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A number of the generators
were located ten meters above sea level.

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I don't care about the numbers!

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We're asking if there are
any that didn't get wet!

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Do I really have to explain?

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Please forgive me.
I will confirm with TOEPCO.

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What about cooling units
that don't need a power source?

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If I may… the IC…

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An isolation condenser,

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commonly called an "isocon."

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The IC is an old device
connected only to Unit 1--

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Is it working?

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The documents say that it can work
for several hours without power.

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That's not what I asked you!

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I don't care what the documents say!

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I want to know what's happening now!

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Answer my question!

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That's, uh…

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According to the reports from TOEPCO,
the blackout means they have no way

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-of monitoring the reactors…
-Are the reactors being cooled?

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Yes or no.

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Are you really a nuclear expert?

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I worked for the Economics Ministry.

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Where did you go to school?
Did you major in science?

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No, I… graduated with an economics
degree from the University of Tokyo.

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Prime Minister, they're still
in the process of confirming.

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Bring me someone who
at least understands science!

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Talking to him is pointless.

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The Okuma-machi Town Hall?

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This is Kawamura from the Fukushima
Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.

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Can you tell me the extent of the damage?

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It's no good. I tried Naraha,
Tomioka, and Namie…

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No town halls are answering.

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-Keep trying.
-Yes, sir.

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Did you connect with Futaba?
Or the prefectural office?

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Not yet.

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Where's the piping diagram for Unit 1?

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Here.

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This is the skeleton diagram.

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{\an8}We're out of whiteboards.
Bring me two more.

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{\an8}-Kinoshita!
-Oh, Station Manager…

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What happened with the safety check?

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I was just on my way to tell you.

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There are two operators unaccounted for.

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With the PHS intercom down,
we can't reach them.

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Their names are Takahira and Kirihara.

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Takahira and Kirihara? From Unit 4?

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Yes.

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The youngsters.

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I'm told they went underground.

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I've asked the Unit 4 staff to search.

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Tell them to make it a priority.

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Yes, sir.

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-Put that on the recovery team's table.
-Yes, sir!

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-And the other one should go over here.
-Yes, sir.

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Let's go.

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UNIT 1 REACTOR
WATER LEVEL… UNKNOWN

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REACTOR PRESSURE… UNKNOWN

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{\an8}PRIMARY CONTAINMENT
VESSEL PRESSURE… UNKNOWN

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We can't monitor the reactors
because of the power failure.

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What a mess…

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So we don't even know
the water or pressure levels?

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That's right.

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First things first, we need power.

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Tell HQ to send some mobile generators.

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Right.

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Oh, and one more thing!

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What was it… oh, right, fire engines!

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Fire engines?

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Yeah.

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In the event that we can't restore power,

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we'll have to cool
the reactors with water from outside.

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I see.

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Say…

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Our fire engines were carried
away by the tsunami, right?

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I'll get in touch with a local fire…

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Wait a second!

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How badly was the town damaged?

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I can't be certain,

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but I imagine it's pretty bad.

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Their fire department
probably has their hands full.

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I doubt they can spare any resources.

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So what do we do?

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The Self Defense Force
has fire engines, right?

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Let's ask them.

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Request support from
JGSDF Camp Fukushima and Camp Koriyama.

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{\an8}-I'll have HQ make the request.
-Good.

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REACTORS 1-4
WATER AND PRESSURE LEVELS

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UNKNOWN

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{\an8}EPISODE 2

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Understood.

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We'll report to Station Manager Yoshida
as soon as we learn more.

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<i>Please do.</i>

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{\an8}FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI
CONTROL ROOM FOR UNITS 1 AND 2

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Are you okay?

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I'm fine.

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What about the instruments?

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It's hopeless.

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Water levels, containment vessel
pressure and radiation levels…

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None of them work.

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Damn it…

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What's happening inside those reactors?

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The water gauge runs on 20 volts, right?

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I think so.

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Would two automobile batteries directly
connected to the gauge do the trick?

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Let's give it a try.

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-Right.
-Okay.

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Takahashi, can you handle it?

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Yes.

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Be careful. The sun is already setting.

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Yes, sir.

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Osugi… we're going to
have to put water in, won't we?

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I can't say for sure without knowing
the temperature and water level,

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but it's a safe bet.

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If the cooling units have stopped,

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water is the only way
to cool the reactors.

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Right?

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We should probably open
the valve for the water insertion line.

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Let's do it.

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I'll check whether
the pump is working, too.

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{\an8}PHS UNUSABLE
WATER LEVEL UNKNOWN

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NUCLEAR DISASTER RESPONSE HQ

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If you would, sir…

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I am declaring a state
of nuclear emergency.

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This is the first of its kind in Japan.

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I'd like to ask
for everyone's full cooperation.

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First an update
from the Deputy Chief of Operation.

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Yes, sir.

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First, the Nuclear Disaster
Response Center

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in the Fukushima town of Okuma-machi

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had its access roads
cut off by the tsunami.

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{\an8}They have no power

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{\an8}and no access
to video conferencing or the Internet.

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{\an8}The only communication means
available are six satellite phones.

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{\an8}What about
the crisis response support system?

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As there is no power,
it is, of course, unavailable.

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Fukushima also lost

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all of its monitoring posts
in the earthquake.

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Monitoring cars are unusable,
because of road conditions.

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{\an8}But that means we have no way
of knowing conditions on the ground!

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{\an8}Yes.

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{\an8}We are doing everything we can
to gather up-to-date information.

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{\an8}DEPUTY CHIEF OF OPERATION

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{\an8}SPECIAL ADVISOR TO THE PRIME MINISTER

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{\an8}CHIEF OF OPERATION

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Would you be able to handle that?

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{\an8}The cooling unit can only run
on batteries for eight hours, so…

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{\an8}We'll want to do as much
as we can before 11:30 p.m.

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{\an8}I agree.

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{\an8}NUCLEAR SAFETY COMMISSION
COMMISSIONER MINEGISHI

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The Act on Special Measures Concerning
Nuclear Emergency Preparedness

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states to immediately
direct residents to evacuate.

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How will we define the evacuation zone?

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An evacuation zone…

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At the present juncture,

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we have received no reports

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of radioactive material presenting
a threat to facilities or the public.

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Residents and inhabitants of the area

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need not take
any special steps at this time.

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This means that rather than evacuate,

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we are asking people to stay
in their homes or current location.

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They're declaring an emergency,
but telling people not to evacuate?

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Isn't that contradictory?

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They don't know what's happening,
so they declare an emergency just in case.

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Prime Minister!

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Excuse me… Prime minister…

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May I have a moment?

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What is it?

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After speaking with TOEPCO,

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it seems that without
power to the control room,

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they will need time to confirm…

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Not now!

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Useless advisors like him do us no good.

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I'm going back to my office.

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I want a tighter circle for decisions.

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00:13:01,906 --> 00:13:02,865 
Very well, sir.

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00:13:09,622 --> 00:13:11,916 
Are you certain
that people are safe in their homes?

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The state of emergency has been
declared merely as a precaution.

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At the present time,
we have no reports of radiation leaks,

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or the threat of radiation leaks.

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The government is doing its best
to be prepared for any situation.

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00:13:38,150 --> 00:13:39,693 
Are we sure about this?

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This is just the kind of tepid response
that people will criticize us for later.

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00:13:45,699 --> 00:13:48,661 
Well, why won't Fukushima Daiichi
provide us with any details?

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00:13:53,165 --> 00:13:55,501 
I don't have any updates for you.

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<i>You really know nothing?</i>

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{\an8}You can't be without
any means of finding out.

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00:14:00,506 --> 00:14:03,801
{\an8}The Nuclear Energy Safety Commission
is starting to ask questions.

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00:14:04,635 --> 00:14:05,844 
Sorry.

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00:14:05,928 --> 00:14:07,638 
<i>Just do something, will you?</i>

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00:14:07,721 --> 00:14:11,100 
I can't just tell
the commission that we know nothing.

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00:14:13,185 --> 00:14:16,564 
We'll do everything
we're capable of, but right now,

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00:14:17,189 --> 00:14:20,484 
we're no different
from an airplane crew flying blind.

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00:14:21,068 --> 00:14:24,321 
<i>We don't know how high
we're flying, or how fast…</i>

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There's no visibility.

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00:14:31,996 --> 00:14:35,040
{\an8}Are we still waiting on water levels
and containment vessel pressure?

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00:14:35,583 --> 00:14:36,542
{\an8}Yes.

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00:14:37,042 --> 00:14:40,296
{\an8}We're trying to collect batteries
from employees' own cars, but…

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00:14:41,797 --> 00:14:44,425
{\an8}everyone seems a bit reluctant.

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00:14:45,134 --> 00:14:48,554
{\an8}Well, they'd be giving up
their only method of getting home.

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2:52 P.M. IC AUTO STARTED

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The cooling units

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have to be operating, right?

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00:15:09,366 --> 00:15:12,036 
Yes… they should be, anyway.

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00:15:20,294 --> 00:15:23,047
{\an8}CHIEF OF OPERATION

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Here you are.

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Thanks.

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00:15:41,815 --> 00:15:44,735 
What do you think
we can expect inside the building?

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00:15:45,694 --> 00:15:48,656 
Well, as long as this thing
doesn't ring, we're okay.

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00:15:49,156 --> 00:15:50,324 
What's this?

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A GM survey meter?

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The other dosage readers
were submerged and can't be used.

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This was the only one.

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It'll have to do.

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Just for peace of mind, right?

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00:16:12,721 --> 00:16:14,098 
The only other thing to worry about

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is another tsunami.

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At the shared pool,

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00:16:21,355 --> 00:16:22,773 
Toda and Todoroki

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said they almost died.

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00:16:25,818 --> 00:16:27,027 
Yeah…

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00:16:31,615 --> 00:16:34,660 
I sent a junior staff member
onto the reactor building's roof.

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00:16:36,078 --> 00:16:37,621 
He's watching the waves.

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00:16:42,251 --> 00:16:45,212 
If he sees signs of a tsunami,
he'll alert us right away.

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00:16:46,714 --> 00:16:48,590 
If another tsunami occurs,

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00:16:48,674 --> 00:16:50,300 
the water will recede first.

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00:16:51,760 --> 00:16:54,138 
As long as he can see the water offshore,

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00:16:54,221 --> 00:16:56,640 
you should have
some time before it arrives.

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00:17:02,312 --> 00:17:03,981 
Make sure it's someone with good eyesight.

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00:17:05,941 --> 00:17:07,401 
I asked Nozaki.

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00:17:07,484 --> 00:17:09,778 
He definitely looks like he has good eyes.

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00:17:10,362 --> 00:17:11,530 
Pretty soft up here, though.

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00:17:12,031 --> 00:17:14,825 
Does he even know the signs of a tsunami?

253
00:17:14,908 --> 00:17:15,951 
Seriously.

254
00:17:29,757 --> 00:17:31,800 
Well then… should we set out?

255
00:17:33,427 --> 00:17:34,261 
Yes.

256
00:17:34,970 --> 00:17:36,221 
I'm counting on you.

257
00:18:46,416 --> 00:18:51,088
{\an8}FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI
UNITS 1 AND 2 AUXILIARY BUILDING ROOF

258
00:19:06,854 --> 00:19:12,025
{\an8}FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI
HOUSING UNITS 1 AND 2

259
00:19:20,367 --> 00:19:21,451 
We're still okay.

260
00:19:21,952 --> 00:19:23,120 
Good.

261
00:19:46,351 --> 00:19:48,604 
He'll run to report to us, right?

262
00:19:48,687 --> 00:19:49,646 
What?

263
00:19:51,315 --> 00:19:52,524 
If a tsunami comes…

264
00:19:54,151 --> 00:19:56,570 
Well… I imagine so.

265
00:19:57,112 --> 00:19:59,865 
The PHS was taken out by the last tsunami.

266
00:20:00,949 --> 00:20:02,367 
He'll have to go on foot.

267
00:20:04,453 --> 00:20:05,704 
Will he really

268
00:20:06,496 --> 00:20:07,998 
make it in time?

269
00:20:08,749 --> 00:20:09,958 
Well…

270
00:21:09,434 --> 00:21:10,644 
We're okay.

271
00:21:12,688 --> 00:21:15,357
{\an8}FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI
INSIDE UNIT 1 TURBINE BUILDING

272
00:21:15,440 --> 00:21:16,358
{\an8}Nothing?

273
00:22:13,874 --> 00:22:16,793 
UNIT 1 DOUBLE-ENTRY DOORS
TURBINE BUILDING SIDE

274
00:22:19,212 --> 00:22:25,552
{\an8}NUCLEAR REACTOR
BUILDING BEYOND THIS POINT

275
00:22:39,357 --> 00:22:40,358 
No good.

276
00:22:41,401 --> 00:22:43,195 
The GM meter is going crazy.

277
00:22:46,948 --> 00:22:49,117 
Run! We have to turn back!

278
00:22:49,201 --> 00:22:50,327 
Right.

279
00:23:01,379 --> 00:23:03,340 
-We couldn't make it.
-No good.

280
00:23:03,423 --> 00:23:05,801 
-Welcome back. Have some.
-Thanks.

281
00:23:07,177 --> 00:23:08,386 
We're in trouble.

282
00:23:09,346 --> 00:23:12,390 
If the radiation levels
are that high already,

283
00:23:12,474 --> 00:23:15,310 
it's only going to get harder
for us to build a water injection line.

284
00:23:24,069 --> 00:23:25,070 
I'll go.

285
00:23:32,869 --> 00:23:34,913 
Yo! You all must be tired.

286
00:23:36,123 --> 00:23:37,833 
This is a real mess, huh?

287
00:23:38,792 --> 00:23:41,378 
-Furu, didn't you have the day off?
-I did.

288
00:23:42,379 --> 00:23:44,339 
My wife and son evacuated to a shelter,

289
00:23:45,006 --> 00:23:46,383 
so I figured I'd come here.

290
00:23:47,968 --> 00:23:51,721 
I picked up full face masks and meters
from the seismic isolated building.

291
00:23:51,805 --> 00:23:52,973 
Thank you very much.

292
00:24:02,440 --> 00:24:05,443 
The SDF will send us two fire engines.

293
00:24:06,111 --> 00:24:08,572 
If we can't recover power,

294
00:24:09,281 --> 00:24:10,991 
we'll add the one remaining at the station

295
00:24:11,074 --> 00:24:16,163 
and use all three engines
to put water into the reactors.

296
00:24:16,955 --> 00:24:18,999 
Secure me a water injection line.

297
00:24:19,708 --> 00:24:21,168 
We've already begun preparations.

298
00:24:21,793 --> 00:24:23,795 
<i>Nice! Okay, okay.</i>

299
00:24:25,213 --> 00:24:26,715 
How many valve locations will you open?

300
00:24:27,507 --> 00:24:28,550 
<i>Five.</i>

301
00:24:28,633 --> 00:24:29,467 
Where?

302
00:24:30,135 --> 00:24:33,263 
If we count the small valves,
that's over 10,000.

303
00:24:34,055 --> 00:24:38,435 
<i>Can you pick out five from that many
without any light source?</i>

304
00:24:40,103 --> 00:24:41,897 
Furu is leading the way.

305
00:24:43,648 --> 00:24:46,026 
I see… Furu, huh?

306
00:24:48,153 --> 00:24:49,905 
It's good to have a veteran around.

307
00:24:51,031 --> 00:24:52,032 
Yes.

308
00:24:55,452 --> 00:24:57,078 
Is the dosage rising?

309
00:25:00,457 --> 00:25:03,627 
It's at 0,2 millisieverts
in the last 30 minutes.

310
00:25:04,336 --> 00:25:06,796 
That's at the entrance
to the Unit 1 building.

311
00:25:08,548 --> 00:25:11,092 
RADIATION GRAPH

312
00:25:12,260 --> 00:25:15,305 
So you can only remain
in the building for another few hours.

313
00:25:19,017 --> 00:25:20,393 
It's a race against time.

314
00:25:22,437 --> 00:25:23,271 
<i>Yes.</i>

315
00:26:09,484 --> 00:26:14,614
{\an8}FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI
HOUSING UNITS 1 AND 2

316
00:26:26,876 --> 00:26:27,877 
How's it look?

317
00:26:39,180 --> 00:26:40,015 
We should be okay.

318
00:27:18,845 --> 00:27:23,224
{\an8}INSIDE UNIT 1 TURBINE BUILDING

319
00:27:50,794 --> 00:27:52,712 
CONTROLLED ACCESS ZONE
AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL ONLY

320
00:28:00,637 --> 00:28:02,305
{\an8}No change in the dosage.

321
00:28:02,389 --> 00:28:03,348
{\an8}Got it.

322
00:28:03,431 --> 00:28:05,892
{\an8}NEAR THE ENTRANCE TO
UNIT 1 REACTOR BUILDING

323
00:28:23,618 --> 00:28:24,619 
What's wrong?

324
00:28:27,247 --> 00:28:28,248 
Oh…

325
00:28:28,915 --> 00:28:29,833 
sorry.

326
00:28:31,626 --> 00:28:32,794 
It's nothing.

327
00:28:35,004 --> 00:28:36,548 
I was just a little surprised.

328
00:28:42,637 --> 00:28:43,805 
A fish.

329
00:28:44,597 --> 00:28:45,640 
Yeah.

330
00:28:46,891 --> 00:28:49,561 
We're inside the controlled
radiation zone, aren't we?

331
00:28:55,650 --> 00:28:56,901 
There's mud everywhere.

332
00:28:59,404 --> 00:29:00,655 
This is…

333
00:29:01,656 --> 00:29:02,949 
salt water.

334
00:29:35,190 --> 00:29:38,067
{\an8}NUCLEAR REACTOR BUILDING
BEYOND THIS POINT

335
00:29:38,151 --> 00:29:40,111 
UNIT 1 DOUBLE-ENTRY DOORS
TURBINE BUILDING SIDE

336
00:29:48,328 --> 00:29:49,496 
I'm going to open it.

337
00:30:22,737 --> 00:30:23,780 
Don't worry.

338
00:30:26,032 --> 00:30:27,492 
Even if a tsunami comes,

339
00:30:28,368 --> 00:30:30,203 
it won't arrive right away.

340
00:30:31,996 --> 00:30:34,958 
We'll have enough time to escape.

341
00:30:35,041 --> 00:30:36,167 
Right.

342
00:30:42,257 --> 00:30:43,132 
How's the dosage?

343
00:30:46,094 --> 00:30:47,095 
We're still okay.

344
00:30:47,804 --> 00:30:49,138 
Good.

345
00:30:49,222 --> 00:30:50,223 
Let's keep going.

346
00:31:05,280 --> 00:31:06,447 
Still okay.

347
00:31:26,843 --> 00:31:27,719 
Opening!

348
00:31:30,138 --> 00:31:31,931
{\an8}THIS IS THE NUCLEAR
REACTOR BUILDING SIDE

349
00:31:32,015 --> 00:31:33,808 
UNIT 1 DOUBLE-ENTRY DOORS
REACTOR BUILDING SIDE

350
00:31:35,435 --> 00:31:36,477
{\an8}We're good.

351
00:31:36,561 --> 00:31:41,399
{\an8}FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI
INSIDE UNIT 1 REACTOR BUILDING

352
00:31:49,240 --> 00:31:50,325 
All good.

353
00:33:39,600 --> 00:33:41,644 
Valve number 365.

354
00:33:43,479 --> 00:33:45,940
{\an8}Valve number 365…

355
00:33:46,941 --> 00:33:48,067 
Got it!

356
00:34:18,514 --> 00:34:20,183 
Sorry it took me so long.

357
00:34:20,266 --> 00:34:21,726 
-Hook the batteries up quickly.
-Yes, sir.

358
00:35:06,729 --> 00:35:07,855 
Be careful!

359
00:35:07,939 --> 00:35:09,315 
I'm sorry!

360
00:35:27,959 --> 00:35:29,085 
Are you okay?

361
00:35:29,168 --> 00:35:30,461 
Yes. I'm fine.

362
00:35:52,817 --> 00:35:53,901 
Over there!

363
00:35:55,069 --> 00:35:56,529 
That should be the last one.

364
00:35:58,239 --> 00:35:59,073
{\an8}Let's do it.

365
00:36:00,241 --> 00:36:01,701
{\an8}-Off we go!
-Right.

366
00:36:02,869 --> 00:36:03,911
{\an8}Right…

367
00:36:39,739 --> 00:36:42,742 
Valve number… 25A.

368
00:36:43,284 --> 00:36:45,786 
25A… opening!

369
00:37:05,556 --> 00:37:07,266 
Come on…

370
00:37:27,536 --> 00:37:28,537 
Dosage!

371
00:37:28,621 --> 00:37:30,122 
The dosage is…

372
00:37:30,206 --> 00:37:31,958 
13 millisieverts.

373
00:37:33,000 --> 00:37:33,834 
Hurry!

374
00:38:18,921 --> 00:38:20,089 
The batteries are connected.

375
00:38:20,172 --> 00:38:21,007 
Good work.

376
00:38:31,600 --> 00:38:32,852 
I have the water level!

377
00:38:36,564 --> 00:38:37,565 
How is it?

378
00:38:38,274 --> 00:38:39,525 
It's actually…

379
00:39:04,717 --> 00:39:07,470
{\an8}The Prime Minister doesn't need
to be in the crisis management center?

380
00:39:08,304 --> 00:39:09,847 
If he stays holed up in his office,

381
00:39:09,930 --> 00:39:12,767 
won't it be hard to aggregate information?

382
00:39:12,850 --> 00:39:15,436 
There are orders
to report directly to the office.

383
00:39:19,231 --> 00:39:20,566 
Prime Minister!

384
00:39:20,649 --> 00:39:24,904 
A fax arrived at TOEPCO Headquarters
from Daiichi Station Manager Yoshida.

385
00:39:25,946 --> 00:39:28,407 
They've grasped
the situation with the reactors.

386
00:39:28,491 --> 00:39:29,492 
What does it say?

387
00:39:30,743 --> 00:39:31,952 
I'll read the fax out loud.

388
00:39:33,245 --> 00:39:35,247 
"Time until Unit 2 reaches TAF…"

389
00:39:35,998 --> 00:39:40,002 
TAF is the point
when the reactor is out of water

390
00:39:40,086 --> 00:39:42,713 
and the fuel rods
start to become exposed.

391
00:39:45,007 --> 00:39:46,300 
TAF will be reached…

392
00:39:46,926 --> 00:39:50,137 
at 9:40 p.m. per their estimate.

393
00:39:51,722 --> 00:39:52,556 
9:40 p.m.?

394
00:40:02,858 --> 00:40:04,568 
The nuclear fuel will start to degrade…

395
00:40:05,444 --> 00:40:07,530 
at 10:20 p.m.

396
00:40:14,745 --> 00:40:16,414 
The primary pressure containment vessel…

397
00:40:17,331 --> 00:40:19,917 
will suffer damage… at 11:50 p.m.

398
00:40:35,766 --> 00:40:37,226 
In less than an hour…

399
00:40:37,893 --> 00:40:40,062 
the nuclear fuel will start to leak?

400
00:40:41,355 --> 00:40:42,356 
Yes.

401
00:40:44,442 --> 00:40:47,820 
Will the containment vessel
really be ruptured before midnight?

402
00:40:48,320 --> 00:40:51,615 
The report was forwarded to the Nuclear
and Industrial Safety Agency.

403
00:40:52,324 --> 00:40:54,034 
-Shall I summon Chairman Wakiya?
-Forget him!

404
00:40:54,702 --> 00:40:56,996 
More importantly,
tell TOEPCO to give us more details.

405
00:40:57,746 --> 00:40:59,331 
Are the cooling units working or not?

406
00:40:59,915 --> 00:41:01,625 
Why is the reactor water depleting?

407
00:41:02,543 --> 00:41:05,296 
Doesn't that mean radiation
will start leaking tonight?

408
00:41:06,338 --> 00:41:09,508 
We just told the residents
that they should stay at home.

409
00:41:09,592 --> 00:41:10,759 
How did this happen?

410
00:41:11,510 --> 00:41:12,720
{\an8}Hey, wait a minute!

411
00:41:12,803 --> 00:41:14,305
{\an8}We're already out of time!

412
00:41:14,388 --> 00:41:17,266
{\an8}Why don't we have
more concrete information?

413
00:41:17,349 --> 00:41:18,851 
Where are the mobile generators?!

414
00:41:19,435 --> 00:41:21,979 
If the roads are jammed,
then have civilians clear the way!

415
00:41:22,062 --> 00:41:23,856 
Use patrol cars
or whatever else you have to!

416
00:41:23,939 --> 00:41:25,649 
Just get a power source to Fukushima!

417
00:41:26,233 --> 00:41:27,234 
Yes, sir.

418
00:41:32,448 --> 00:41:33,908 
Issue an evacuation order.

419
00:41:39,663 --> 00:41:40,831 
Right…

420
00:41:41,957 --> 00:41:43,876 
I'll prepare a press conference.

421
00:41:49,381 --> 00:41:50,508 
Oh, Mr. Minegishi!

422
00:41:51,509 --> 00:41:54,053 
How big should the evacuation zone be?

423
00:41:54,637 --> 00:41:55,804 
What?

424
00:41:55,888 --> 00:41:59,016 
Just now, Fukushima Prefecture
issued their own evacuation order

425
00:41:59,099 --> 00:42:01,185 
with a zone radius of 2 kilometers.

426
00:42:01,268 --> 00:42:03,187 
What should the administration do?

427
00:42:04,813 --> 00:42:08,901 
We at the Nuclear Safety Commission
have not received sufficient data.

428
00:42:09,568 --> 00:42:13,781 
The decision should be made by
the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency.

429
00:42:14,323 --> 00:42:15,866 
Mr. Minegishi…

430
00:42:19,328 --> 00:42:20,955 
During standard drills,

431
00:42:21,997 --> 00:42:23,332 
it's usually three kilometers.

432
00:42:24,250 --> 00:42:25,376 
"Standard…"

433
00:42:30,005 --> 00:42:32,925 
In that case, let's go
with three kilometers.

434
00:42:45,729 --> 00:42:47,314 
An evacuation zone has been declared

435
00:42:47,398 --> 00:42:49,692 
within a three-kilometer radius
of Fukushima Daiichi.

436
00:42:49,775 --> 00:42:53,320 
Residents within the zone
should immediately prepare to evacuate.

437
00:42:56,115 --> 00:42:58,659 
Two hours ago, you said
no special steps were necessary.

438
00:42:58,742 --> 00:43:00,953 
You ordered people to stay at home.

439
00:43:01,036 --> 00:43:02,746 
Has there been trouble of some kind?

440
00:43:02,830 --> 00:43:04,707 
Some kind of radiation problem?

441
00:43:05,374 --> 00:43:08,419 
We simply want to take
all necessary precautions.

442
00:43:08,502 --> 00:43:10,504 
It's nothing more than that.

443
00:43:10,588 --> 00:43:13,924 
It's preparation for…
in case something happens.

444
00:43:15,301 --> 00:43:18,971 
"In case" of what? Is there
a possibility of a radiation leak?

445
00:43:20,139 --> 00:43:21,807 
In these situations,

446
00:43:21,890 --> 00:43:26,353 
it's important that we always
imagine the worst-case scenario

447
00:43:26,437 --> 00:43:29,356
{\an8}and prepare in advance.

448
00:43:29,440 --> 00:43:33,861
{\an8}<i>It's from that perspective that we…</i>

449
00:43:35,904 --> 00:43:36,947 
I see.

450
00:43:37,615 --> 00:43:39,199 
So Furu and the others pulled it off.

451
00:43:39,283 --> 00:43:40,326 
Yes.

452
00:43:40,409 --> 00:43:42,036 
They opened all the valves.

453
00:43:43,579 --> 00:43:45,414 
But the radiation levels
are rapidly increasing.

454
00:43:45,497 --> 00:43:46,874 
They barely made it.

455
00:43:48,792 --> 00:43:49,835
{\an8}Right…

456
00:43:51,128 --> 00:43:53,380
{\an8}Going back in is out of the question?

457
00:43:55,424 --> 00:43:56,967 
Inside the reactor building,

458
00:43:57,051 --> 00:43:59,762 
the APD exceeded
0,8 millisieverts in just a few minutes.

459
00:44:03,724 --> 00:44:04,683 
<i>Got it.</i>

460
00:44:04,767 --> 00:44:07,353 
<i>From here on out,
the building is off-limits.</i>

461
00:44:09,980 --> 00:44:12,483 
Even so, we finished the necessary tasks.

462
00:44:12,566 --> 00:44:15,736 
As soon as we have fire engines,
we can start injecting water.

463
00:44:19,073 --> 00:44:20,240
{\an8}Right…

464
00:44:23,661 --> 00:44:25,287 
AT 9:30 P.M. SDF FIRE ENGINES

465
00:44:25,371 --> 00:44:27,706 
DEPARTED CAMP KORIYAMA.

466
00:44:27,790 --> 00:44:32,711 
AS MAIN ROADS WERE CUT OFF,
THEY ARE SEEKING AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.

467
00:44:33,295 --> 00:44:34,588 
<i>Is something wrong?</i>

468
00:44:37,675 --> 00:44:39,301 
I'm really grateful to you all.

469
00:44:40,094 --> 00:44:41,887 
Pass that on to Furu and the others.

470
00:44:42,846 --> 00:44:46,934 
The problem is that the SDF
fire engines haven't arrived.

471
00:44:47,017 --> 00:44:49,561 
The earthquake took out the major roads.

472
00:44:50,437 --> 00:44:54,817 
As for our fire engine, the garage
is surrounded by debris and inaccessible.

473
00:44:55,734 --> 00:44:57,903 
<i>I know you guys
worked hard to build that line,</i>

474
00:44:58,737 --> 00:45:00,823 
<i>but we don't yet have
a means of pumping water.</i>

475
00:45:00,906 --> 00:45:03,200 
Pressure levels at 9:50 p.m…

476
00:45:03,283 --> 00:45:04,993 
7,2 megapascals.

477
00:45:11,875 --> 00:45:13,127 
Well, it can't be helped.

478
00:45:14,920 --> 00:45:16,171 
Yeah…

479
00:45:19,341 --> 00:45:21,176 
A mobile power supply has arrived!

480
00:45:21,260 --> 00:45:24,555 
Northern Japan Electric Company sent
a vehicle-mounted high-voltage generator!

481
00:45:24,638 --> 00:45:25,931 
A mobile generator just arrived.

482
00:45:26,473 --> 00:45:28,517 
Yeah… got it.

483
00:45:31,019 --> 00:45:34,106 
NUCLEAR FUEL BEGINS
DEGRADING AT 10:20 P.M.

484
00:45:34,189 --> 00:45:35,399 
Yes… I'm aware.

485
00:45:36,859 --> 00:45:38,235 
But we're short on time.

486
00:45:38,735 --> 00:45:39,862 
Yes.

487
00:45:42,698 --> 00:45:44,241 
A mobile generator arrived at the station!

488
00:45:45,075 --> 00:45:46,076 
Let me call you back.

489
00:45:47,244 --> 00:45:48,537 
Is that so?

490
00:45:48,620 --> 00:45:49,830 
Good work!

491
00:45:57,546 --> 00:46:00,340 
Hello? I'm told
a mobile generator just arrived.

492
00:46:27,409 --> 00:46:29,912 
ARRIVAL OF ONE
MOBILE GENERATOR: 9:50 P.M.

493
00:46:31,205 --> 00:46:32,915 
<i>How long will it take?</i>

494
00:46:34,416 --> 00:46:36,877 
That's… it's still hard to guess.

495
00:46:38,337 --> 00:46:40,881 
Have we found a working switchboard?

496
00:46:41,465 --> 00:46:44,676 
We've been searching
since before it arrived, but…

497
00:46:45,594 --> 00:46:49,389 
Most were damaged
by salt water, so it's been slow going.

498
00:46:50,891 --> 00:46:52,100 
Salt water, huh?

499
00:46:53,936 --> 00:46:57,189 
If we're not careful, the conductivity
could produce a fatal shock.

500
00:46:57,898 --> 00:46:58,982 
<i>Exactly.</i>

501
00:47:02,069 --> 00:47:06,073
{\an8}FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI
ROAD NEARBY REACTOR BUILDING

502
00:47:15,374 --> 00:47:16,667 
<i>It's the wrong voltage?</i>

503
00:47:17,334 --> 00:47:20,003 
How can an electric company
not have matching voltage?

504
00:47:20,087 --> 00:47:23,674 
Well, the high voltage
mobile generators are 6,000 volts.

505
00:47:24,174 --> 00:47:26,969 
We anticipated
lowering the voltage to 500,

506
00:47:27,052 --> 00:47:30,764 
in order to connect
to the cooling units, but…

507
00:47:30,847 --> 00:47:36,353 
the step-down requires connection
to one of the station's switchboards.

508
00:47:36,436 --> 00:47:39,064 
So just connect it to the switchboard!

509
00:47:40,816 --> 00:47:41,942 
Well…

510
00:47:51,868 --> 00:47:52,869 
I, too…

511
00:47:55,205 --> 00:47:58,625 
assumed we'd need
to connect to a switchboard,

512
00:47:59,459 --> 00:48:03,213 
and there are
70 switchboards inside the station.

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00:48:04,840 --> 00:48:07,843 
They were submerged
in salt water by the tsunami

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00:48:08,635 --> 00:48:13,599 
and naturally must be tested
one by one to see which still works.

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ESTIMATED TIME OF
FUEL DEGRADATION: 10:20 P.M.

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The nuclear fuel…

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is about to start melting.

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00:53:02,053 --> 00:53:07,058 
Subtitle translation by: Brad Plumb