1 00:00:10,260 --> 00:00:12,929 [operator 1] Good. Next, the oxygen tank. Hold that end. 2 00:00:17,892 --> 00:00:20,186 [operator 2] I'm placing a dosimeter on the Unit 1 side. 3 00:00:20,270 --> 00:00:21,604 [clicks] 4 00:00:21,688 --> 00:00:23,106 [operator 1] You all right? 5 00:00:23,189 --> 00:00:24,315 BASED ON TRUE EVENTS 6 00:00:24,399 --> 00:00:25,400 [operator 3] The tank? 7 00:00:25,483 --> 00:00:27,777 [operator 2] I'm placing one on the Unit 2 side too. 8 00:00:29,738 --> 00:00:34,200 FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI CONTROL ROOM FOR UNITS 1 AND 2 9 00:00:42,459 --> 00:00:43,460 What's wrong? 10 00:00:45,670 --> 00:00:46,838 Uh, nothing. 11 00:01:01,603 --> 00:01:03,605 [heavy breathing] 12 00:01:15,742 --> 00:01:18,286 FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI NUCLEAR POWER STATION 13 00:01:18,369 --> 00:01:20,747 INSIDE AUXILIARY BUILDING FOR UNITS 1 AND 2 14 00:01:23,124 --> 00:01:24,084 [loud click] 15 00:01:24,793 --> 00:01:26,795 -[panting through respirator] -[dripping] 16 00:01:28,171 --> 00:01:30,173 [tense music playing] 17 00:01:35,095 --> 00:01:37,097 [footsteps splashing] 18 00:01:37,180 --> 00:01:39,432 [tense music continues] 19 00:01:44,020 --> 00:01:46,731 [Osugi] The radiation level is higher than we expected. 20 00:01:48,191 --> 00:01:49,818 Should we hurry? 21 00:01:49,901 --> 00:01:51,444 -[Furuya] Yeah. -[Osugi] Okay. 22 00:01:53,446 --> 00:01:56,783 FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI INSIDE UNIT 1 TURBINE BUILDING 23 00:01:56,866 --> 00:01:58,868 [tense music builds] 24 00:02:06,126 --> 00:02:07,043 [grunts] 25 00:02:07,127 --> 00:02:09,129 [loud clicking] 26 00:02:12,924 --> 00:02:14,592 [music fades] 27 00:02:14,676 --> 00:02:17,095 NUCLEAR AND INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AGENCY 28 00:02:17,178 --> 00:02:19,180 [keyboards clacking] 29 00:02:21,850 --> 00:02:22,892 DEPUTY CHIEF 30 00:02:22,976 --> 00:02:24,894 [man] Should we show this to the prime minister? 31 00:02:29,732 --> 00:02:33,236 Are you sure… these numbers are right? 32 00:02:33,319 --> 00:02:34,404 [man] Yes, sir. 33 00:02:34,988 --> 00:02:37,240 We've run simulations using the data we got. 34 00:02:37,323 --> 00:02:39,200 The same results every single time. 35 00:02:59,971 --> 00:03:05,727 IF VENT FOR DEPRESSURIZATION IS NOT COMPLETED SOON, 36 00:03:05,810 --> 00:03:12,817 THE PRIMARY CONTAINMENT VESSEL WILL RUPTURE AT 11:00 P.M. ON MARCH 12. 37 00:03:12,901 --> 00:03:19,574 IF THAT HAPPENS, A HIGH VOLUME OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS WILL BE EXPELLED 38 00:03:19,657 --> 00:03:26,664 FROM FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI NUCLEAR POWER STATION TO THE OUTSIDE. 39 00:03:26,748 --> 00:03:28,750 [quiet tense music playing] 40 00:03:32,503 --> 00:03:38,927 THE RADIATION DOSAGE WITHIN THE STATION GROUNDS 41 00:03:39,010 --> 00:03:45,475 WILL LIKELY REACH OR EXCEED SEVERAL SIEVERTS. 42 00:03:45,558 --> 00:03:46,893 A few sieverts? 43 00:03:46,976 --> 00:03:49,062 [tense music continues] 44 00:03:49,145 --> 00:03:51,731 And projected not even in the station, 45 00:03:52,398 --> 00:03:54,234 but on the outside of the grounds? 46 00:03:58,029 --> 00:03:59,864 A few sieverts… 47 00:04:01,282 --> 00:04:04,744 The Tokai accident had radiation levels that were about that high. 48 00:04:05,620 --> 00:04:08,289 There were a couple of people that died there as well. 49 00:04:11,793 --> 00:04:14,671 The radiation will reach that high over the entire area? 50 00:04:17,215 --> 00:04:18,258 At least that high. 51 00:04:18,341 --> 00:04:20,343 [tense music continues] 52 00:04:27,350 --> 00:04:28,268 [music fades] 53 00:04:29,686 --> 00:04:32,355 Can you get the '99 record for me ASAP? 54 00:04:33,147 --> 00:04:34,774 Here, sir. I brought it with me. 55 00:04:38,403 --> 00:04:41,030 REPORT ON IBARAKI PREFECTURE URANIUM ENRICHMENT ACCIDENT 56 00:04:42,615 --> 00:04:44,701 [pages flipping] 57 00:04:50,748 --> 00:04:52,750 [ominous music playing] 58 00:05:00,883 --> 00:05:01,884 [pages flipping] 59 00:05:13,730 --> 00:05:17,984 PHOTOGRAPHED ON OCTOBER 9, 1999 8TH DAY SINCE ACCIDENT 60 00:05:18,067 --> 00:05:20,069 [quiet tense music playing] 61 00:05:29,746 --> 00:05:32,457 PHOTOGRAPHED ON OCTOBER 15, 1999 14TH DAY SINCE ACCIDENT 62 00:05:32,540 --> 00:05:35,543 PHOTOGRAPHED ON OCTOBER 21, 1999 20TH DAY SINCE ACCIDENT 63 00:05:43,259 --> 00:05:45,803 PHOTOGRAPHED ON OCTOBER 27, 1999 26TH DAY SINCE ACCIDENT 64 00:05:45,887 --> 00:05:49,098 PHOTOGRAPHED ON NOVEMBER 1, 1999 31ST DAY SINCE ACCIDENT 65 00:05:50,975 --> 00:05:57,899 1999, CRITICAL ACCIDENT OCCURS AT NUCLEAR FUEL-PROCESSING PLANT 66 00:06:18,628 --> 00:06:22,298 CLEAN ROOM 1 67 00:06:24,217 --> 00:06:26,302 [machine beeping steadily] 68 00:06:32,558 --> 00:06:36,396 [man groaning in pain] 69 00:06:38,481 --> 00:06:40,483 [beeping continues] 70 00:06:50,243 --> 00:06:52,245 [tense music builds] 71 00:07:21,315 --> 00:07:23,317 [music fades] 72 00:07:36,289 --> 00:07:43,296 PATIENT DIED 80 DAYS AFTER EXPOSURE 73 00:07:44,005 --> 00:07:46,674 I heard the exposed worker's condition was so bad that 74 00:07:47,258 --> 00:07:50,761 the one who reported it ended up with PTSD just from seeing the guy. 75 00:07:54,932 --> 00:07:56,684 I was the worker that 76 00:07:57,935 --> 00:07:58,978 reported it. 77 00:07:59,896 --> 00:08:02,398 -[background voices chattering] -[keyboards clacking] 78 00:08:11,699 --> 00:08:13,993 IF VENT FOR DEPRESSURIZATION IS NOT COMPLETED SOON, 79 00:08:14,076 --> 00:08:16,579 A HIGH VOLUME OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS WILL BE EXPELLED… 80 00:08:16,662 --> 00:08:19,207 …3-5 KILOMETERS FROM THE POWER STATION… 81 00:08:19,290 --> 00:08:21,792 …CONCERN OF RADIATION EXPOSURE TO PUBLIC. 82 00:08:58,871 --> 00:09:00,915 I have to report this to Chief. 83 00:09:02,750 --> 00:09:04,710 He needs to tell the prime minister. 84 00:09:07,922 --> 00:09:12,301 PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE FIFTH FLOOR CORRIDOR 85 00:09:19,809 --> 00:09:22,436 [Wakiya] Uh, Mr. Prime Minister. Sorry to disturb you. 86 00:09:22,520 --> 00:09:24,355 -I must inform you of something. -What is it? 87 00:09:27,275 --> 00:09:28,568 What is it? Come on. 88 00:09:29,819 --> 00:09:32,697 No, never mind. I'll wait till you have time. 89 00:09:47,503 --> 00:09:50,047 …A HIGH VOLUME OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS WILL BE EXPELLED… 90 00:09:50,131 --> 00:09:52,091 …CONCERN OF RADIATION EXPOSURE TO PUBLIC. 91 00:09:52,174 --> 00:09:57,096 EPISODE 4 92 00:09:57,972 --> 00:09:59,724 FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI 93 00:09:59,807 --> 00:10:02,476 NEAR THE ENTRANCE TO UNIT 1 REACTOR BUILDING 94 00:10:11,986 --> 00:10:13,946 [operators breathe heavily] 95 00:10:21,120 --> 00:10:23,122 NUCLEAR REACTOR BUILDING BEYOND THIS POINT 96 00:10:23,205 --> 00:10:25,916 MARCH 11, 11:05 P.M. OFF-LIMITS 97 00:10:31,380 --> 00:10:34,008 [Furuya] All right. What does the meter say? 98 00:10:40,097 --> 00:10:42,350 -[Osugi] Still good to go. -[Furuya] Okay. 99 00:10:43,017 --> 00:10:43,851 Let's open it. 100 00:10:47,980 --> 00:10:48,856 [Osugi grunts] 101 00:10:50,232 --> 00:10:51,067 [Osugi grunts] 102 00:10:52,151 --> 00:10:52,985 [Osugi grunts] 103 00:10:54,904 --> 00:10:55,863 [Osugi] Opening it. 104 00:10:57,740 --> 00:10:58,574 [Osugi strains] 105 00:11:00,451 --> 00:11:01,535 [Osugi grunts] 106 00:11:06,207 --> 00:11:07,750 [Furuya] All right. Go ahead. 107 00:11:09,418 --> 00:11:14,215 FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI INSIDE UNIT 1 REACTOR BUILDING 108 00:11:15,007 --> 00:11:15,883 [Osugi grunts] 109 00:11:20,680 --> 00:11:21,514 [Furuya] Good. 110 00:11:24,266 --> 00:11:26,268 [both breathe heavily] 111 00:11:29,689 --> 00:11:31,691 [ominous music playing] 112 00:11:44,120 --> 00:11:45,121 [Furuya] Here we go. 113 00:11:54,296 --> 00:11:55,131 All right. 114 00:12:00,886 --> 00:12:01,804 [Osugi strains] 115 00:12:03,013 --> 00:12:04,014 [Osugi strains] 116 00:12:21,741 --> 00:12:23,951 -[metal clangs] -[Osugi groans] 117 00:12:35,129 --> 00:12:35,963 [Osugi strains] 118 00:12:41,635 --> 00:12:43,637 [Furuya] Hey! Are you okay? 119 00:12:44,722 --> 00:12:46,724 [Osugi breathing heavily] 120 00:13:04,033 --> 00:13:05,075 [Furuya] Come on. 121 00:13:08,287 --> 00:13:09,872 [grunting] 122 00:13:11,499 --> 00:13:12,625 [Osugi groans] 123 00:13:12,708 --> 00:13:14,835 [Osugi panting] 124 00:13:16,045 --> 00:13:19,131 -[Furuya] Are you okay? -[Osugi] I hooked a rail with my tank. 125 00:13:19,673 --> 00:13:21,759 Sorry. I wasn't thinking. 126 00:13:22,802 --> 00:13:26,222 [Furuya] I understand. Not much time to think. 127 00:13:26,305 --> 00:13:27,139 [Osugi] True. 128 00:13:27,223 --> 00:13:29,225 -[Furuya] Let's be careful. -[Osugi] Got it. 129 00:13:29,809 --> 00:13:30,726 [Furuya] Let's go. 130 00:13:30,810 --> 00:13:32,812 [tense music playing] 131 00:14:13,435 --> 00:14:16,146 [Furuya] I've found it, Osugi! Confirm the number. 132 00:14:18,941 --> 00:14:19,817 Valve number 133 00:14:20,651 --> 00:14:23,404 two, one, zero. 134 00:14:24,321 --> 00:14:26,740 [Osugi] That's the one. No doubt about it. 135 00:14:27,616 --> 00:14:30,077 [Furuya] Good. I'm opening it. 136 00:14:30,744 --> 00:14:31,745 All right. 137 00:14:33,455 --> 00:14:38,794 [Furuya straining] 138 00:14:39,545 --> 00:14:40,921 [Furuya] Oh, damn it! 139 00:14:43,215 --> 00:14:44,091 [Furuya grunts] 140 00:14:45,759 --> 00:14:46,844 [Furuya strains] 141 00:14:47,678 --> 00:14:49,847 [Furuya] Come on, turn for me! 142 00:14:50,347 --> 00:14:52,099 [grunts] Come on now! 143 00:14:52,182 --> 00:14:56,103 [Furuya strains] 144 00:14:57,771 --> 00:15:00,274 [creaking] 145 00:15:01,567 --> 00:15:02,401 [Furuya grunts] 146 00:15:03,193 --> 00:15:06,447 [creaking] 147 00:15:06,530 --> 00:15:08,198 [Furuya] Yes! There it goes. 148 00:15:12,036 --> 00:15:12,953 [Furuya grunts] 149 00:15:16,290 --> 00:15:17,666 -[Furuya strains] -[dosimeter beeps] 150 00:15:18,918 --> 00:15:22,463 [Furuya straining] 151 00:15:24,006 --> 00:15:25,132 [Furuya strains] 152 00:15:27,384 --> 00:15:28,552 [Furuya] Come on! 153 00:15:29,219 --> 00:15:30,512 Open up already. 154 00:15:31,013 --> 00:15:33,015 [tense music playing] 155 00:15:35,517 --> 00:15:37,269 [Osugi] Open five percent. 156 00:15:38,395 --> 00:15:40,564 [Furuya straining] 157 00:15:42,775 --> 00:15:43,651 [Furuya strains] 158 00:15:45,903 --> 00:15:47,029 [Furuya strains] 159 00:15:47,112 --> 00:15:49,114 [tense music continues] 160 00:15:53,035 --> 00:15:54,912 -[Furuya strains] -[Osugi] Open 10%. 161 00:15:55,579 --> 00:15:56,413 [Furuya grunts] 162 00:15:56,497 --> 00:15:58,874 [Furuya breathes heavily] 163 00:15:58,958 --> 00:16:00,960 [tense music continues] 164 00:16:04,505 --> 00:16:06,715 [Furuya strains] 165 00:16:11,512 --> 00:16:13,013 [Furuya strains] 166 00:16:16,016 --> 00:16:17,434 [Osugi] Open 15%! 167 00:16:17,518 --> 00:16:18,769 [tense music continues] 168 00:16:20,688 --> 00:16:22,690 [Furuya breathes heavily] 169 00:16:25,567 --> 00:16:26,610 [Furuya strains] 170 00:16:29,363 --> 00:16:31,365 [tense music builds] 171 00:16:33,450 --> 00:16:34,368 [Furuya strains] 172 00:16:40,207 --> 00:16:41,041 [Furuya grunts] 173 00:16:42,793 --> 00:16:44,962 -[creaking] -[Furuya strains] 174 00:16:45,045 --> 00:16:47,047 [tense music continues] 175 00:16:48,090 --> 00:16:49,842 [Osugi] Open 25%! 176 00:16:50,968 --> 00:16:52,094 Please double check. 177 00:16:54,304 --> 00:16:55,431 [music fades] 178 00:16:56,598 --> 00:16:57,891 [Furuya breathes rapidly] 179 00:16:58,475 --> 00:17:00,978 -[Furuya] Confirmed. -[Osugi] Let's get out of here. 180 00:17:01,061 --> 00:17:03,230 [Furuya] Sounds good. Let's hurry. 181 00:17:03,814 --> 00:17:05,733 [grunting] 182 00:17:08,736 --> 00:17:09,653 [door opens] 183 00:17:12,823 --> 00:17:14,199 [operator 1] Welcome back! 184 00:17:14,283 --> 00:17:16,118 -[operator 2] Welcome back. -[Osugi] Thanks. 185 00:17:16,201 --> 00:17:17,077 [operator 3] Good job. 186 00:17:19,705 --> 00:17:21,373 -[Furuya groans] -[operator 1] You okay? 187 00:17:21,457 --> 00:17:22,708 [operator 2] Are you all right? 188 00:17:23,208 --> 00:17:25,210 [operator 1] Are you okay? Let's get this off. 189 00:17:25,294 --> 00:17:26,295 [Furuya] Thank you. 190 00:17:29,339 --> 00:17:32,176 Hey… it's opened! 191 00:17:32,259 --> 00:17:35,137 -[operator 1 sighs] Great! -[operator 2] Great work. 192 00:17:35,220 --> 00:17:36,388 [operators chuckling] 193 00:17:44,772 --> 00:17:45,731 I appreciate 194 00:17:47,316 --> 00:17:48,400 your efforts today. 195 00:18:00,788 --> 00:18:02,664 -Kinoshita? -[Kinoshita] Yes, sir. 196 00:18:02,748 --> 00:18:04,041 Get Yoshida for me. 197 00:18:05,042 --> 00:18:05,918 Okay. 198 00:18:06,001 --> 00:18:10,172 SEISMIC ISOLATED BUILDING EMERGENCY OPERATION ROOM 199 00:18:19,723 --> 00:18:21,058 This is Yoshida. 200 00:18:21,767 --> 00:18:23,102 They opened it. 201 00:18:25,562 --> 00:18:26,855 Furu-san and Osugi. 202 00:18:32,277 --> 00:18:33,112 Good. 203 00:18:34,905 --> 00:18:35,989 Good work. 204 00:18:38,325 --> 00:18:39,493 Can I talk to them? 205 00:18:40,369 --> 00:18:41,203 [Maejima] Sure. 206 00:18:41,703 --> 00:18:43,497 -Furu-san… -Did Team 1 do it? 207 00:18:43,580 --> 00:18:44,414 [man] Yeah. 208 00:18:48,252 --> 00:18:50,212 Hello? This is Furuya. 209 00:18:51,421 --> 00:18:52,381 [Yoshida] Furu-san. 210 00:18:54,508 --> 00:18:57,678 Thank you for making it back safely. Well done. 211 00:19:00,139 --> 00:19:01,014 It's nothing. 212 00:19:02,391 --> 00:19:03,350 It's a living. 213 00:19:03,976 --> 00:19:05,811 [chuckles] 214 00:19:06,478 --> 00:19:07,813 [Furuya] More importantly, 215 00:19:08,897 --> 00:19:11,108 we were able to get you a meter reading 216 00:19:12,276 --> 00:19:14,862 on the primary containment vessel pressure. 217 00:19:16,822 --> 00:19:17,739 Currently, 218 00:19:18,782 --> 00:19:21,201 it reads 840 kilopascals. 219 00:19:28,292 --> 00:19:29,168 [exhales] 220 00:19:31,503 --> 00:19:32,880 Boy, there's not much time. 221 00:19:34,840 --> 00:19:35,716 [Furuya] Nope. 222 00:19:38,260 --> 00:19:41,805 Tell Maejima it's time we sent Team 2 in. 223 00:19:42,681 --> 00:19:43,557 Right away. 224 00:19:48,478 --> 00:19:49,313 Yes, sir. 225 00:20:03,327 --> 00:20:08,665 MUTSU CITY, AOMORI PREFECTURE FAMILY HOME OF UNIT 4 OPERATOR KIRIHARA 226 00:20:08,749 --> 00:20:12,002 When the tsunami hit, we believe Koki was around here 227 00:20:12,085 --> 00:20:14,546 in the basement floor of the Unit 4 building. 228 00:20:17,925 --> 00:20:19,843 Where are the stairs that lead to it? 229 00:20:20,636 --> 00:20:21,595 [man] They're here. 230 00:20:23,597 --> 00:20:25,474 What about the tsunami waves' height? 231 00:20:37,778 --> 00:20:39,112 When the tsunami hit, 232 00:20:40,447 --> 00:20:44,201 apparently the building was completely submerged up to the second floor. 233 00:20:48,664 --> 00:20:50,082 The first basement floor, 234 00:20:51,667 --> 00:20:53,585 we believe it's still flooded. 235 00:21:01,927 --> 00:21:03,136 [Atsuko sighs] 236 00:21:09,476 --> 00:21:11,186 [clock ticking] 237 00:21:23,282 --> 00:21:24,199 Origami. 238 00:21:27,202 --> 00:21:29,037 Do we have origami paper here? 239 00:21:31,665 --> 00:21:32,916 I'm not sure. 240 00:21:33,834 --> 00:21:34,668 Why? 241 00:21:37,254 --> 00:21:38,922 'Cause folding paper cranes 242 00:21:39,923 --> 00:21:41,216 is all I can handle. 243 00:21:50,684 --> 00:21:52,060 I'll see what I can find. 244 00:22:05,907 --> 00:22:09,119 [man] Mr. Osugi, 25 millisieverts. 245 00:22:10,746 --> 00:22:13,457 Mr. Furuya, 20 millisieverts. 246 00:22:23,717 --> 00:22:26,261 Mr. Furuya's team made it back all right, 247 00:22:27,721 --> 00:22:30,307 So Team 2 should be fine too, 248 00:22:30,807 --> 00:22:31,641 shouldn't they? 249 00:22:33,477 --> 00:22:37,314 The MO valve we opened is outside the primary containment vessel. 250 00:22:38,231 --> 00:22:42,110 The AO valve Shimoda is going for is right above the suppression chamber. 251 00:22:43,862 --> 00:22:45,697 We were lucky to only get this much. 252 00:22:57,334 --> 00:22:59,961 How high do you think the radiation will be? 253 00:23:03,799 --> 00:23:04,633 Right. 254 00:23:05,300 --> 00:23:06,593 That bad, huh? 255 00:23:09,721 --> 00:23:10,972 What scares me most 256 00:23:12,724 --> 00:23:16,520 is dying before we reach the AO valve. 257 00:23:23,902 --> 00:23:25,278 As long as I get it open, 258 00:23:27,155 --> 00:23:30,909 then… it'll be worth my death. 259 00:23:35,872 --> 00:23:40,377 [tense music playing] 260 00:24:16,371 --> 00:24:18,373 [tense music continues] 261 00:24:44,357 --> 00:24:46,359 [tense music builds] 262 00:24:55,285 --> 00:24:56,369 [music fades] 263 00:24:56,453 --> 00:24:58,455 [breathing heavily] 264 00:25:10,967 --> 00:25:16,598 FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI INSIDE UNIT 1 REACTOR BUILDING 265 00:25:16,681 --> 00:25:18,683 [heavy door sliding] 266 00:25:43,583 --> 00:25:45,377 Do you know how long they've been in? 267 00:25:46,545 --> 00:25:47,671 [Kinoshita] Four minutes. 268 00:25:58,390 --> 00:26:00,100 -I'm pretty worried. -Yeah. 269 00:26:02,060 --> 00:26:04,229 Team 1 opened up the valve 270 00:26:05,105 --> 00:26:07,774 outside the protective wall of the primary containment. 271 00:26:10,068 --> 00:26:12,112 The valve Team 2 is headed for, 272 00:26:13,780 --> 00:26:17,325 there's no concrete wall stopping the radiation. 273 00:26:19,035 --> 00:26:20,287 [Kinoshita] You're right. 274 00:26:28,753 --> 00:26:33,133 FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI UNIT 1 IN FRONT OF SUPPRESSION CHAMBER 275 00:26:33,717 --> 00:26:35,719 [breathing heavily] 276 00:26:47,606 --> 00:26:50,150 [Shimoda] Five hundred millisieverts right now. 277 00:26:51,318 --> 00:26:53,069 It'll be even higher inside. 278 00:26:53,695 --> 00:26:57,699 [Kumagaya] I'm ready! [breathing rapidly] 279 00:27:00,368 --> 00:27:01,244 Let's do this! 280 00:27:03,455 --> 00:27:05,749 [Shimoda] All right. Let's go. 281 00:27:16,718 --> 00:27:18,720 [tense music playing] 282 00:27:32,317 --> 00:27:33,943 [Shimoda] Nine hundred per hour. 283 00:27:35,695 --> 00:27:36,738 [Kumagaya] All right. 284 00:27:37,906 --> 00:27:39,866 [Shimoda] Let's go as far as the meter can measure. 285 00:27:40,659 --> 00:27:43,328 We'll go clockwise, as we planned. All right? 286 00:27:47,248 --> 00:27:52,587 FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI UNIT 1 ABOVE SUPPRESSION CHAMBER 287 00:27:52,671 --> 00:27:55,090 [tense music playing] 288 00:28:04,474 --> 00:28:05,475 [dosimeter beeps] 289 00:28:05,558 --> 00:28:07,560 [tense music continues] 290 00:28:10,313 --> 00:28:12,315 [music builds] 291 00:28:31,042 --> 00:28:33,044 [dosimeter beeping continuously] 292 00:28:46,641 --> 00:28:47,559 [Shimoda] It's 293 00:28:48,977 --> 00:28:50,145 too high to measure. 294 00:28:50,228 --> 00:28:53,356 [dosimeter continues beeping] 295 00:29:11,708 --> 00:29:14,794 [Shimoda] This is as far as we go. We have to turn back. 296 00:29:14,878 --> 00:29:16,963 [dosimeter continues beeping] 297 00:29:17,547 --> 00:29:20,216 [Shimoda] No, Kumagaya! Let's turn back. 298 00:29:21,593 --> 00:29:25,138 Kumagaya, we can't. There's too much radiation. 299 00:29:26,723 --> 00:29:27,891 No, Kumagaya! 300 00:29:28,725 --> 00:29:30,310 -Turn back! -[Kumagaya] I don't want to! 301 00:29:30,393 --> 00:29:31,352 I'm going to the valve! 302 00:29:31,436 --> 00:29:33,354 -[Shimoda] Kumagaya! -[Kumagaya] Let me go! 303 00:29:33,438 --> 00:29:34,731 [Shimoda] Kumagaya! 304 00:29:34,814 --> 00:29:37,400 [Kumagaya] It won't kill me until after I open the valve! It's fine! 305 00:29:37,484 --> 00:29:40,320 [Shimoda] Kumagaya, do as I tell you! 306 00:29:40,403 --> 00:29:41,279 [Kumagaya groans] 307 00:29:44,699 --> 00:29:47,827 [Kumagaya whimpering] 308 00:29:51,206 --> 00:29:52,248 [Shimoda] Kumagaya… 309 00:29:52,332 --> 00:29:54,334 [dosimeter keeps beeping] 310 00:29:59,339 --> 00:30:00,256 [beeping stops] 311 00:30:05,970 --> 00:30:07,722 [operators] Welcome back! 312 00:30:08,807 --> 00:30:11,309 [Shimoda and Kumagaya breathe heavily] 313 00:30:11,392 --> 00:30:14,521 -[operator 1] Are you okay? Let me help. -[Shimoda and Kumagaya breathe heavily] 314 00:30:23,112 --> 00:30:24,614 [Shimoda gasping for air] 315 00:30:26,533 --> 00:30:27,492 We couldn't. 316 00:30:29,494 --> 00:30:32,330 The radiation level… it was too high. 317 00:30:34,290 --> 00:30:35,208 We had to turn back. 318 00:30:37,085 --> 00:30:38,127 Our meter… 319 00:30:39,420 --> 00:30:40,547 couldn't read it. 320 00:30:40,630 --> 00:30:41,714 [unzips] 321 00:30:55,854 --> 00:30:56,771 [gasps] 322 00:31:00,316 --> 00:31:02,694 [Kumagaya gasping] 323 00:31:16,708 --> 00:31:18,501 That's both of their measurements? 324 00:31:20,378 --> 00:31:21,212 Yes. 325 00:31:29,387 --> 00:31:32,181 Have Shimoda and Kumagaya start evacuating. 326 00:31:32,974 --> 00:31:33,933 [Maejima] Yes, sir. 327 00:31:34,434 --> 00:31:37,145 The Control Room, I suppose, is rising also? 328 00:31:42,108 --> 00:31:43,192 [Maejima] Yes, it is. 329 00:31:43,818 --> 00:31:45,528 If we stay here much longer, 330 00:31:45,612 --> 00:31:48,323 we'll go over the yearly exposure limit of 100 millisieverts. 331 00:31:55,330 --> 00:31:56,331 [gasping continues] 332 00:32:09,427 --> 00:32:10,678 They did the right thing. 333 00:32:11,471 --> 00:32:14,557 Make sure they know that. It's what they should have done. 334 00:32:18,144 --> 00:32:19,103 [Maejima] Yes, sir. 335 00:32:22,482 --> 00:32:25,568 [Yoshida] Listen, Maejima. You can't blame yourself. 336 00:32:27,278 --> 00:32:31,407 What you and I have to do now is send them to a doctor to be looked after 337 00:32:32,492 --> 00:32:34,577 and figure out what we can do next. 338 00:32:37,497 --> 00:32:39,624 Thanks to Shimoda and Kumagaya, 339 00:32:40,416 --> 00:32:42,669 we know the situation's worse than we thought. 340 00:32:43,544 --> 00:32:44,963 We'll make good use of that. 341 00:32:48,883 --> 00:32:51,135 But if we think too long about it, 342 00:32:52,387 --> 00:32:54,472 Fukushima will become a ghost town. 343 00:32:58,393 --> 00:32:59,227 Right. 344 00:33:01,187 --> 00:33:02,105 [Yoshida] All right. 345 00:33:09,654 --> 00:33:10,655 [hangs up] 346 00:33:37,557 --> 00:33:39,142 Oh my God. 347 00:33:56,868 --> 00:33:57,702 All righty. 348 00:33:59,328 --> 00:34:01,330 We need a new method. Go. 349 00:34:02,957 --> 00:34:04,667 -Yes, sir. -[man] Yes, sir. 350 00:34:28,232 --> 00:34:30,276 Hey, boss, do you have a minute? 351 00:34:33,237 --> 00:34:34,155 What's up? 352 00:34:47,251 --> 00:34:48,086 Well, uh, 353 00:34:49,045 --> 00:34:51,839 us younger guys were just discussing… 354 00:34:53,174 --> 00:34:54,008 Mm? 355 00:34:55,259 --> 00:34:56,094 Discussing? 356 00:35:03,726 --> 00:35:05,269 I know this isn't good timing. 357 00:35:15,071 --> 00:35:18,074 But please just let us evacuate from here. 358 00:35:32,797 --> 00:35:37,552 We do understand how grave the situation is now. 359 00:35:38,886 --> 00:35:39,846 But we… 360 00:35:40,763 --> 00:35:42,849 We all have families that need us. 361 00:35:44,976 --> 00:35:46,394 We can't die here. 362 00:35:54,277 --> 00:35:55,653 Besides… 363 00:35:59,073 --> 00:36:01,951 we aren't even useful half the time. 364 00:36:03,035 --> 00:36:05,454 If we're not needed, then we should head to Control 365 00:36:05,538 --> 00:36:07,832 and try to help them over there maybe. 366 00:36:35,985 --> 00:36:36,944 Okay, you guys. 367 00:36:46,913 --> 00:36:47,872 Go on ahead. 368 00:36:51,834 --> 00:36:53,961 Evacuate to the seismic isolation building. 369 00:37:02,887 --> 00:37:05,973 The rest of us, you do realize, can't just quit. 370 00:37:17,985 --> 00:37:19,320 Because if we did… 371 00:37:22,073 --> 00:37:22,907 [inhales] 372 00:37:23,407 --> 00:37:25,660 …everything, the whole station… 373 00:37:33,292 --> 00:37:34,460 and Fukushima, 374 00:37:35,711 --> 00:37:37,213 it means we're deserting them. 375 00:37:45,972 --> 00:37:48,266 There's nobody left. They've all evacuated. 376 00:37:51,227 --> 00:37:54,730 We're all they have. Everyone you know is praying we'll do something. 377 00:37:58,859 --> 00:38:01,112 As they helplessly sit glued to their TV sets. 378 00:38:05,825 --> 00:38:06,909 Us older guys… 379 00:38:13,666 --> 00:38:15,710 don't have a choice in leaving here. 380 00:38:34,937 --> 00:38:35,938 However… 381 00:38:38,399 --> 00:38:39,358 if we, uh… 382 00:38:41,902 --> 00:38:43,821 If it really comes down to it, then, 383 00:38:44,989 --> 00:38:46,324 no matter what they order, 384 00:38:46,991 --> 00:38:49,493 I'll use my authority to evacuate everybody. 385 00:38:50,161 --> 00:38:51,370 But now I'm gonna beg. 386 00:38:57,793 --> 00:38:58,669 I beg you… 387 00:39:01,297 --> 00:39:02,298 please stay. 388 00:39:20,649 --> 00:39:22,651 [somber music playing] 389 00:39:37,416 --> 00:39:39,460 [workers chatter quietly] 390 00:39:42,296 --> 00:39:45,341 -[man] Welcome back. Welcome back. -[Kinoshita] Thank you for your hard work. 391 00:39:45,424 --> 00:39:46,258 [Shimoda] No. 392 00:39:47,134 --> 00:39:48,594 We couldn't open the valve. 393 00:39:49,387 --> 00:39:50,346 We're very sorry. 394 00:39:53,015 --> 00:39:54,141 I'm so sorry. 395 00:39:56,018 --> 00:39:57,770 That there was no other way. 396 00:39:58,312 --> 00:39:59,355 [Shimoda] Hey, chin up. 397 00:40:00,189 --> 00:40:01,524 We did what was needed. 398 00:40:02,566 --> 00:40:05,194 Somebody had to try. 399 00:40:05,694 --> 00:40:06,529 Yeah. 400 00:40:07,446 --> 00:40:09,573 [sighs] You guys should, uh, 401 00:40:10,783 --> 00:40:13,828 go to the off-site center, get checked up right away. 402 00:40:15,746 --> 00:40:18,916 -Kinoshita, arrange a car for them. -[Kinoshita] Yes, sir. 403 00:40:19,583 --> 00:40:21,877 Mr. Shina, get a car to the off-site center please. 404 00:40:21,961 --> 00:40:24,004 -[Shina] Understood. -All right. 405 00:40:24,672 --> 00:40:25,756 You guys get going. 406 00:40:25,840 --> 00:40:27,842 [somber music continues] 407 00:40:31,720 --> 00:40:32,555 [Kumagaya crying] 408 00:40:39,895 --> 00:40:40,938 [Yoshida sighs] 409 00:40:41,730 --> 00:40:42,815 Losing them, we 410 00:40:44,150 --> 00:40:45,860 should send two guys in 411 00:40:46,735 --> 00:40:48,487 to the Control Room to lend a hand. 412 00:40:53,367 --> 00:40:54,368 What now? 413 00:40:55,661 --> 00:40:56,537 Yeah. 414 00:40:57,663 --> 00:40:58,622 Well, it's just… 415 00:40:59,331 --> 00:41:01,959 -[Yoshida] What? -I can take one of their spots. 416 00:41:04,003 --> 00:41:06,005 -You wanna go? -Yes, sir. 417 00:41:09,175 --> 00:41:11,927 No way. You're in charge of Unit 5. 418 00:41:12,553 --> 00:41:13,762 You don't need to leave. 419 00:41:19,935 --> 00:41:20,895 Mr. Yoshida, 420 00:41:22,062 --> 00:41:24,523 I graduated from a local high school 421 00:41:25,649 --> 00:41:26,984 and joined TOEPCO. 422 00:41:27,067 --> 00:41:29,528 The first place I was assigned to was Unit 1. 423 00:41:31,071 --> 00:41:32,072 Working there 424 00:41:33,282 --> 00:41:35,201 taught me everything I know today. 425 00:41:37,369 --> 00:41:38,537 I would hate 426 00:41:39,955 --> 00:41:42,333 to see it destroy everything we love. 427 00:41:43,292 --> 00:41:44,460 I can't bear it. 428 00:41:48,255 --> 00:41:52,468 And I know the inside of Unit 1 better than anybody else. 429 00:41:54,678 --> 00:41:58,390 I can honestly say I could find my way around Unit 1 blindfolded. 430 00:42:00,184 --> 00:42:01,018 I'm begging you. 431 00:42:01,101 --> 00:42:03,103 [somber music continues] 432 00:42:10,945 --> 00:42:11,779 You're right. 433 00:42:12,696 --> 00:42:13,531 Go then. 434 00:42:16,534 --> 00:42:17,660 I appreciate it, sir. 435 00:42:19,078 --> 00:42:20,079 I'll go prepare. 436 00:42:20,162 --> 00:42:22,164 [somber music continues] 437 00:42:49,149 --> 00:42:49,984 Don't forget… 438 00:42:50,067 --> 00:42:52,069 [somber music continues] 439 00:42:59,868 --> 00:43:00,703 Okay. 440 00:43:03,956 --> 00:43:06,083 -[somber music continues] -[phones ringing] 441 00:43:10,921 --> 00:43:13,257 Satoshi! We're going for a ride. 442 00:43:15,217 --> 00:43:16,260 Okay. 443 00:43:17,469 --> 00:43:18,387 Grab oxygen. 444 00:43:18,470 --> 00:43:20,014 -Okay. -[Kinoshita] Take care of these. 445 00:43:23,267 --> 00:43:24,310 Okay, let's go. 446 00:43:25,603 --> 00:43:26,604 [Yoshida] Kinoshita! 447 00:43:27,396 --> 00:43:28,230 Yeah? 448 00:43:29,064 --> 00:43:32,318 Wait. We want you to hear this idea. 449 00:43:32,860 --> 00:43:33,777 [Kinoshita] What is it? 450 00:43:33,861 --> 00:43:37,573 Adding enough compressed air to the line outside the valve, 451 00:43:38,115 --> 00:43:40,367 can we get the AO valve open? 452 00:43:41,035 --> 00:43:43,871 Um, well, in theory, it's possible. Yeah, it should work. 453 00:43:45,080 --> 00:43:46,749 Since there's little certainty, 454 00:43:47,416 --> 00:43:50,294 let's give it a shot when Team 3 goes in. 455 00:43:51,962 --> 00:43:53,047 Yes, sir. 456 00:43:54,131 --> 00:43:55,341 Please, be careful. 457 00:43:56,175 --> 00:43:57,051 We will. 458 00:43:59,637 --> 00:44:00,763 You've got it covered here. 459 00:44:00,846 --> 00:44:02,222 [both chuckle] 460 00:44:09,897 --> 00:44:12,483 FUKUSHIMA PREFECTURE NUCLEAR OFF-SITE CENTER 461 00:44:23,327 --> 00:44:26,997 [man] Please decontaminate yourselves. There's still no hot water. 462 00:44:27,081 --> 00:44:28,957 I'm sorry, the water's pretty cold. 463 00:44:29,041 --> 00:44:31,043 [respirator straps clicking] 464 00:44:31,126 --> 00:44:34,296 [wind gusting] 465 00:44:38,926 --> 00:44:40,928 [lightly gasping] 466 00:44:51,355 --> 00:44:53,691 [Kumagaya sighs] Damn, it's cold out. 467 00:45:02,116 --> 00:45:03,951 [Kumagaya shivers] Freezing. 468 00:45:21,677 --> 00:45:24,263 [both crying out] 469 00:45:25,097 --> 00:45:29,560 [gasping] 470 00:45:32,855 --> 00:45:33,772 [grunting] 471 00:45:36,525 --> 00:45:37,776 [groans] 472 00:45:39,486 --> 00:45:40,654 [man] This way, please. 473 00:45:46,118 --> 00:45:49,705 [meter beeping intermittently] 474 00:45:49,788 --> 00:45:52,791 [meter beeping rapidly] 475 00:45:57,463 --> 00:46:00,090 [rapid beeping continues] 476 00:46:03,719 --> 00:46:06,472 [man] Both of you, wash again. Harder this time! 477 00:46:16,315 --> 00:46:18,317 [tense music playing] 478 00:46:21,403 --> 00:46:22,237 [groans] 479 00:46:23,447 --> 00:46:25,449 [tense music continues] 480 00:46:28,452 --> 00:46:30,454 [audio distorted] 481 00:46:47,346 --> 00:46:49,348 [music fades] 482 00:46:52,267 --> 00:46:53,602 [operator 1] Is your side open? 483 00:46:54,812 --> 00:46:56,897 [operator 2] Okay, next. Here, please. 484 00:46:56,980 --> 00:46:58,023 Right arm up. 485 00:47:00,859 --> 00:47:02,528 [operator 1] Everything sealed on your side? 486 00:47:05,906 --> 00:47:07,616 -[operator 2] You okay? -[operator 3] Yeah. 487 00:47:10,285 --> 00:47:11,286 [operator 1] That mask. 488 00:47:12,913 --> 00:47:14,373 [operator 2] Raise both arms. 489 00:47:18,669 --> 00:47:20,337 -[Kinoshita] Great work, everybody. -Hey. 490 00:47:20,420 --> 00:47:21,380 Hello, sir. 491 00:47:27,094 --> 00:47:31,390 We're here to cover for Mr. Shimoda and Mr. Kumagaya. 492 00:47:37,145 --> 00:47:38,063 Thanks. 493 00:47:39,523 --> 00:47:40,607 You came to help us out? 494 00:47:40,691 --> 00:47:41,692 [chuckles] 495 00:47:43,443 --> 00:47:46,280 Did Shimoda and Kumagaya receive doctors' care? 496 00:47:47,072 --> 00:47:48,574 Oh, hi, Furu-san. 497 00:47:49,074 --> 00:47:49,950 [Kinoshita chuckles] 498 00:47:50,868 --> 00:47:54,079 They should have arrived at the off-site center by now. [chuckles] 499 00:47:54,162 --> 00:47:57,916 [Maejima] You two are part of our last hope now too, huh? 500 00:47:58,417 --> 00:48:01,461 Yeah, I guess you can say that. [chuckles] 501 00:48:01,545 --> 00:48:03,630 I'm here 'cause I do what Mr. Kinoshita tells me. 502 00:48:04,131 --> 00:48:05,674 No way! Come on now. 503 00:48:05,757 --> 00:48:08,677 When Maejima-senpai is in trouble, of course we have to help out. 504 00:48:08,760 --> 00:48:10,095 [Satoshi] Of course. I know. 505 00:48:10,178 --> 00:48:11,013 Hold on. 506 00:48:11,555 --> 00:48:14,016 You came here just to save the day? 507 00:48:14,099 --> 00:48:16,059 Well, aren't we big and important now? Huh? 508 00:48:16,143 --> 00:48:17,185 [laughter] 509 00:48:17,269 --> 00:48:19,479 -[Kinoshita] Hey, cut us some slack. -[laughter] 510 00:48:19,563 --> 00:48:20,480 Hey! 511 00:48:25,152 --> 00:48:26,695 [sighs] In any case… 512 00:48:28,989 --> 00:48:31,283 I certainly didn't think they were sending relief. 513 00:48:32,159 --> 00:48:34,703 You two are lifesavers. Thank you. 514 00:48:38,624 --> 00:48:39,499 Not at all. 515 00:48:44,880 --> 00:48:46,173 The Team 3 mission, 516 00:48:47,549 --> 00:48:49,635 you should let Tateno and I take it on. 517 00:49:08,987 --> 00:49:11,490 -How much compression? Can it work? -[man] Yes. 518 00:49:12,074 --> 00:49:14,660 They've found one in a subcontractor's warehouse. 519 00:49:14,743 --> 00:49:16,870 We're sending them a crane to get it. 520 00:49:16,954 --> 00:49:19,122 Then we can connect it to the AO valve piping. 521 00:49:19,206 --> 00:49:21,583 -Sure. Okay. -[man] All right. Yamada! 522 00:49:22,376 --> 00:49:23,752 [Furuya] You're out of your mind! 523 00:49:24,252 --> 00:49:26,171 We can't let you guys go. 524 00:49:28,090 --> 00:49:30,217 [Ozawa] We're the ones in charge of managing this place. 525 00:49:31,468 --> 00:49:34,471 We chose straws already. Thanks though. 526 00:49:40,018 --> 00:49:40,936 Uh… 527 00:49:42,187 --> 00:49:45,232 I worked here at Unit 1 for over ten years. 528 00:49:46,191 --> 00:49:49,403 I can find the vent better than anybody. 529 00:49:56,326 --> 00:49:57,452 Mr. Ozawa, 530 00:49:57,536 --> 00:49:59,788 have you ever seen this valve with your own eyes? 531 00:50:03,500 --> 00:50:04,626 Well, I have seen it. 532 00:50:06,044 --> 00:50:08,714 I know exactly where and how I'll get there-- 533 00:50:08,797 --> 00:50:09,965 No! It's suicide! 534 00:50:11,508 --> 00:50:12,634 Don't you get 535 00:50:13,468 --> 00:50:15,262 how high the radiation was? 536 00:50:17,639 --> 00:50:18,598 What I don't get 537 00:50:20,225 --> 00:50:21,935 is what else we're supposed to do? 538 00:50:26,898 --> 00:50:27,899 Hey, stop worrying. 539 00:50:28,483 --> 00:50:30,402 I ran track and field in high school. 540 00:50:30,902 --> 00:50:34,114 In fact, I finished in the top eight for the 800-meter dash. 541 00:50:35,907 --> 00:50:40,871 And Tateno was on the basketball team. He even won the prefectural tournament. 542 00:50:46,835 --> 00:50:48,003 You can trust that 543 00:50:48,962 --> 00:50:50,464 we'll get it done in a hurry. 544 00:50:54,634 --> 00:50:57,345 The radiation's bound to be high above the chamber here, 545 00:50:57,846 --> 00:51:00,098 which means we'll be exposed coming and going. 546 00:51:01,266 --> 00:51:03,435 Since the radiation level's so high, 547 00:51:03,518 --> 00:51:06,271 our only choice is to run our quickest. 548 00:51:12,235 --> 00:51:14,988 That's why Tateno and I have to do this. 549 00:51:30,253 --> 00:51:32,464 -Do you have your dosimeter? -Yeah. 550 00:51:32,547 --> 00:51:35,592 Since we don't wanna stop running, we're not gonna take the big one. 551 00:51:36,176 --> 00:51:39,346 -We want to stay lightweight. -Shed any weight we can. 552 00:51:39,930 --> 00:51:42,766 -It'll get hot as we run. -And sweaty. 553 00:51:47,854 --> 00:51:48,814 [Kinoshita] Scared? 554 00:51:51,775 --> 00:51:54,277 As long as we stick together, it's nothing. 555 00:52:02,119 --> 00:52:03,703 [operator 1] I'll help with the straps. 556 00:52:18,927 --> 00:52:21,638 [tape ripping] 557 00:52:21,721 --> 00:52:23,723 [breathing heavily] 558 00:52:32,607 --> 00:52:33,441 [Yoshida] Mm. 559 00:52:36,862 --> 00:52:37,821 What? What?! 560 00:52:42,742 --> 00:52:43,785 What's the cause? 561 00:52:43,869 --> 00:52:45,871 [tense music playing] 562 00:52:55,505 --> 00:52:58,300 Maejima? Has Team 3 moved inside? 563 00:52:59,134 --> 00:53:01,678 [Maejima] Yes. Kinoshita and Tateno did, about two minutes ago. 564 00:53:01,761 --> 00:53:03,722 Don't let them! You have to stop them! 565 00:53:03,805 --> 00:53:05,348 [tense music continues] 566 00:53:06,641 --> 00:53:08,977 [operator 1] What's the matter? Mr. Maejima? 567 00:53:09,686 --> 00:53:11,688 [dramatic music playing] 568 00:53:24,492 --> 00:53:25,660 [Maejima] Kinoshita! 569 00:53:27,537 --> 00:53:28,496 Tateno! 570 00:53:30,081 --> 00:53:31,625 Hello? This is Furuya. 571 00:53:32,375 --> 00:53:33,501 What was that? 572 00:53:33,585 --> 00:53:36,796 We're investigating right now, and so should you, 573 00:53:37,297 --> 00:53:41,968 at the smokestack, to see if white smoke is coming out of Unit 1's reactor. 574 00:53:43,345 --> 00:53:44,429 Is everything okay there? 575 00:53:44,512 --> 00:53:47,015 Yes. Our situation hasn't changed. 576 00:53:47,557 --> 00:53:49,559 [tense music continues] 577 00:53:55,148 --> 00:53:56,149 Furu-san, 578 00:53:58,068 --> 00:53:59,653 where's Kinoshita and Tateno? 579 00:53:59,736 --> 00:54:00,695 [music stops] 580 00:54:05,367 --> 00:54:07,369 [somber music playing] 581 00:55:03,091 --> 00:55:05,093 [somber music continues] 582 00:56:04,903 --> 00:56:05,945 [music fades]