Good. Next, the oxygen tank. Hold that end.
I'm placing a dosimeter on the Unit 1 side.
You all right?
BASED ON TRUE EVENTS
The tank?
I'm placing one on the Unit 2 side too.
FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI CONTROL ROOM FOR UNITS 1 AND 2
What's wrong?
Uh, nothing.
FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI NUCLEAR POWER STATION
INSIDE AUXILIARY BUILDING FOR UNITS 1 AND 2
The radiation level is higher than we expected.
Should we hurry?
-Yeah. -Okay.
FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI INSIDE UNIT 1 TURBINE BUILDING
NUCLEAR AND INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AGENCY
DEPUTY CHIEF
Should we show this to the prime minister?
Are you sure… these numbers are right?
Yes, sir.
We've run simulations using the data we got.
The same results every single time.
IF VENT FOR DEPRESSURIZATION IS NOT COMPLETED SOON,
THE PRIMARY CONTAINMENT VESSEL WILL RUPTURE AT 11:00 P.M. ON MARCH 12.
IF THAT HAPPENS, A HIGH VOLUME OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS WILL BE EXPELLED
FROM FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI NUCLEAR POWER STATION TO THE OUTSIDE.
THE RADIATION DOSAGE WITHIN THE STATION GROUNDS
WILL LIKELY REACH OR EXCEED SEVERAL SIEVERTS.
A few sieverts?
And projected not even in the station,
but on the outside of the grounds?
A few sieverts…
The Tokai accident had radiation levels that were about that high.
There were a couple of people that died there as well.
The radiation will reach that high over the entire area?
At least that high.
Can you get the '99 record for me ASAP?
Here, sir. I brought it with me.
REPORT ON IBARAKI PREFECTURE URANIUM ENRICHMENT ACCIDENT
PHOTOGRAPHED ON OCTOBER 9, 1999 8TH DAY SINCE ACCIDENT
PHOTOGRAPHED ON OCTOBER 15, 1999 14TH DAY SINCE ACCIDENT
PHOTOGRAPHED ON OCTOBER 21, 1999 20TH DAY SINCE ACCIDENT
PHOTOGRAPHED ON OCTOBER 27, 1999 26TH DAY SINCE ACCIDENT
PHOTOGRAPHED ON NOVEMBER 1, 1999 31ST DAY SINCE ACCIDENT
1999, CRITICAL ACCIDENT OCCURS AT NUCLEAR FUEL-PROCESSING PLANT
CLEAN ROOM 1
PATIENT DIED 80 DAYS AFTER EXPOSURE
I heard the exposed worker's condition was so bad that
the one who reported it ended up with PTSD just from seeing the guy.
I was the worker that
reported it.
IF VENT FOR DEPRESSURIZATION IS NOT COMPLETED SOON,
A HIGH VOLUME OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS WILL BE EXPELLED…
…3-5 KILOMETERS FROM THE POWER STATION…
…CONCERN OF RADIATION EXPOSURE TO PUBLIC.
I have to report this to Chief.
He needs to tell the prime minister.
PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE FIFTH FLOOR CORRIDOR
Uh, Mr. Prime Minister. Sorry to disturb you.
-I must inform you of something. -What is it?
What is it? Come on.
No, never mind. I'll wait till you have time.
…A HIGH VOLUME OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS WILL BE EXPELLED…
…CONCERN OF RADIATION EXPOSURE TO PUBLIC.
EPISODE 4
FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI
NEAR THE ENTRANCE TO UNIT 1 REACTOR BUILDING
NUCLEAR REACTOR BUILDING BEYOND THIS POINT
MARCH 11, 11:05 P.M. OFF-LIMITS
All right. What does the meter say?
-Still good to go. -Okay.
Let's open it.
Opening it.
All right. Go ahead.
FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI INSIDE UNIT 1 REACTOR BUILDING
Good.
Here we go.
All right.
Hey! Are you okay?
Come on.
-Are you okay? -I hooked a rail with my tank.
Sorry. I wasn't thinking.
I understand. Not much time to think.
True.
-Let's be careful. -Got it.
Let's go.
I've found it, Osugi! Confirm the number.
Valve number
two, one, zero.
That's the one. No doubt about it.
Good. I'm opening it.
All right.
Oh, damn it!
Come on, turn for me!
Come on now!
Yes! There it goes.
Come on!
Open up already.
Open five percent.
Open 10%.
Open 15%!
Open 25%!
Please double check.
-Confirmed. -Let's get out of here.
Sounds good. Let's hurry.
Welcome back!
-Welcome back. -Thanks.
Good job.
You okay?
Are you all right?
Are you okay? Let's get this off.
Thank you.
Hey… it's opened!
-Great! -Great work.
I appreciate
your efforts today.
-Kinoshita? -Yes, sir.
Get Yoshida for me.
Okay.
SEISMIC ISOLATED BUILDING EMERGENCY OPERATION ROOM
This is Yoshida.
They opened it.
Furu-san and Osugi.
Good.
Good work.
Can I talk to them?
Sure.
-Furu-san… -Did Team 1 do it?
Yeah.
Hello? This is Furuya.
Furu-san.
Thank you for making it back safely. Well done.
It's nothing.
It's a living.
More importantly,
we were able to get you a meter reading
on the primary containment vessel pressure.
Currently,
it reads 840 kilopascals.
Boy, there's not much time.
Nope.
Tell Maejima it's time we sent Team 2 in.
Right away.
Yes, sir.
MUTSU CITY, AOMORI PREFECTURE FAMILY HOME OF UNIT 4 OPERATOR KIRIHARA
When the tsunami hit, we believe Koki was around here
in the basement floor of the Unit 4 building.
Where are the stairs that lead to it?
They're here.
What about the tsunami waves' height?
When the tsunami hit,
apparently the building was completely submerged up to the second floor.
The first basement floor,
we believe it's still flooded.
Origami.
Do we have origami paper here?
I'm not sure.
Why?
'Cause folding paper cranes
is all I can handle.
I'll see what I can find.
Mr. Osugi, 25 millisieverts.
Mr. Furuya, 20 millisieverts.
Mr. Furuya's team made it back all right,
So Team 2 should be fine too,
shouldn't they?
The MO valve we opened is outside the primary containment vessel.
The AO valve Shimoda is going for is right above the suppression chamber.
We were lucky to only get this much.
How high do you think the radiation will be?
Right.
That bad, huh?
What scares me most
is dying before we reach the AO valve.
As long as I get it open,
then… it'll be worth my death.
FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI INSIDE UNIT 1 REACTOR BUILDING
Do you know how long they've been in?
Four minutes.
-I'm pretty worried. -Yeah.
Team 1 opened up the valve
outside the protective wall of the primary containment.
The valve Team 2 is headed for,
there's no concrete wall stopping the radiation.
You're right.
FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI UNIT 1 IN FRONT OF SUPPRESSION CHAMBER
Five hundred millisieverts right now.
It'll be even higher inside.
I'm ready!
Let's do this!
All right. Let's go.
Nine hundred per hour.
All right.
Let's go as far as the meter can measure.
We'll go clockwise, as we planned. All right?
FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI UNIT 1 ABOVE SUPPRESSION CHAMBER
It's
too high to measure.
This is as far as we go. We have to turn back.
No, Kumagaya! Let's turn back.
Kumagaya, we can't. There's too much radiation.
No, Kumagaya!
-Turn back! -I don't want to!
I'm going to the valve!
-Kumagaya! -Let me go!
Kumagaya!
It won't kill me until after I open the valve! It's fine!
Kumagaya, do as I tell you!
Kumagaya…
Welcome back!
Are you okay? Let me help.
We couldn't.
The radiation level… it was too high.
We had to turn back.
Our meter…
couldn't read it.
That's both of their measurements?
Yes.
Have Shimoda and Kumagaya start evacuating.
Yes, sir.
The Control Room, I suppose, is rising also?
Yes, it is.
If we stay here much longer,
we'll go over the yearly exposure limit of 100 millisieverts.
They did the right thing.
Make sure they know that. It's what they should have done.
Yes, sir.
Listen, Maejima. You can't blame yourself.
What you and I have to do now is send them to a doctor to be looked after
and figure out what we can do next.
Thanks to Shimoda and Kumagaya,
we know the situation's worse than we thought.
We'll make good use of that.
But if we think too long about it,
Fukushima will become a ghost town.
Right.
All right.
Oh my God.
All righty.
We need a new method. Go.
-Yes, sir. -Yes, sir.
Hey, boss, do you have a minute?
What's up?
Well, uh,
us younger guys were just discussing…
Mm?
Discussing?
I know this isn't good timing.
But please just let us evacuate from here.
We do understand how grave the situation is now.
But we…
We all have families that need us.
We can't die here.
Besides…
we aren't even useful half the time.
If we're not needed, then we should head to Control
and try to help them over there maybe.
Okay, you guys.
Go on ahead.
Evacuate to the seismic isolation building.
The rest of us, you do realize, can't just quit.
Because if we did…
…everything, the whole station…
and Fukushima,
it means we're deserting them.
There's nobody left. They've all evacuated.
We're all they have. Everyone you know is praying we'll do something.
As they helplessly sit glued to their TV sets.
Us older guys…
don't have a choice in leaving here.
However…
if we, uh…
If it really comes down to it, then,
no matter what they order,
I'll use my authority to evacuate everybody.
But now I'm gonna beg.
I beg you…
please stay.
-Welcome back. Welcome back. -Thank you for your hard work.
No.
We couldn't open the valve.
We're very sorry.
I'm so sorry.
That there was no other way.
Hey, chin up.
We did what was needed.
Somebody had to try.
Yeah.
You guys should, uh,
go to the off-site center, get checked up right away.
-Kinoshita, arrange a car for them. -Yes, sir.
Mr. Shina, get a car to the off-site center please.
-Understood. -All right.
You guys get going.
Losing them, we
should send two guys in
to the Control Room to lend a hand.
What now?
Yeah.
Well, it's just…
-What? -I can take one of their spots.
-You wanna go? -Yes, sir.
No way. You're in charge of Unit 5.
You don't need to leave.
Mr. Yoshida,
I graduated from a local high school
and joined TOEPCO.
The first place I was assigned to was Unit 1.
Working there
taught me everything I know today.
I would hate
to see it destroy everything we love.
I can't bear it.
And I know the inside of Unit 1 better than anybody else.
I can honestly say I could find my way around Unit 1 blindfolded.
I'm begging you.
You're right.
Go then.
I appreciate it, sir.
I'll go prepare.
Don't forget…
Okay.
Satoshi! We're going for a ride.
Okay.
Grab oxygen.
-Okay. -Take care of these.
Okay, let's go.
Kinoshita!
Yeah?
Wait. We want you to hear this idea.
What is it?
Adding enough compressed air to the line outside the valve,
can we get the AO valve open?
Um, well, in theory, it's possible. Yeah, it should work.
Since there's little certainty,
let's give it a shot when Team 3 goes in.
Yes, sir.
Please, be careful.
We will.
You've got it covered here.
FUKUSHIMA PREFECTURE NUCLEAR OFF-SITE CENTER
Please decontaminate yourselves. There's still no hot water.
I'm sorry, the water's pretty cold.
Damn, it's cold out.
Freezing.
This way, please.
Both of you, wash again. Harder this time!
Is your side open?
Okay, next. Here, please.
Right arm up.
Everything sealed on your side?
-You okay? -Yeah.
That mask.
Raise both arms.
-Great work, everybody. -Hey.
Hello, sir.
We're here to cover for Mr. Shimoda and Mr. Kumagaya.
Thanks.
You came to help us out?
Did Shimoda and Kumagaya receive doctors' care?
Oh, hi, Furu-san.
They should have arrived at the off-site center by now.
You two are part of our last hope now too, huh?
Yeah, I guess you can say that.
I'm here 'cause I do what Mr. Kinoshita tells me.
No way! Come on now.
When Maejima-senpai is in trouble, of course we have to help out.
Of course. I know.
Hold on.
You came here just to save the day?
Well, aren't we big and important now? Huh?
Hey, cut us some slack.
Hey!
In any case…
I certainly didn't think they were sending relief.
You two are lifesavers. Thank you.
Not at all.
The Team 3 mission,
you should let Tateno and I take it on.
-How much compression? Can it work? -Yes.
They've found one in a subcontractor's warehouse.
We're sending them a crane to get it.
Then we can connect it to the AO valve piping.
-Sure. Okay. -All right. Yamada!
You're out of your mind!
We can't let you guys go.
We're the ones in charge of managing this place.
We chose straws already. Thanks though.
Uh…
I worked here at Unit 1 for over ten years.
I can find the vent better than anybody.
Mr. Ozawa,
have you ever seen this valve with your own eyes?
Well, I have seen it.
I know exactly where and how I'll get there--
No! It's suicide!
Don't you get
how high the radiation was?
What I don't get
is what else we're supposed to do?
Hey, stop worrying.
I ran track and field in high school.
In fact, I finished in the top eight for the 800-meter dash.
And Tateno was on the basketball team. He even won the prefectural tournament.
You can trust that
we'll get it done in a hurry.
The radiation's bound to be high above the chamber here,
which means we'll be exposed coming and going.
Since the radiation level's so high,
our only choice is to run our quickest.
That's why Tateno and I have to do this.
-Do you have your dosimeter? -Yeah.
Since we don't wanna stop running, we're not gonna take the big one.
-We want to stay lightweight. -Shed any weight we can.
-It'll get hot as we run. -And sweaty.
Scared?
As long as we stick together, it's nothing.
I'll help with the straps.
Mm.
What? What?!
What's the cause?
Maejima? Has Team 3 moved inside?
Yes. Kinoshita and Tateno did, about two minutes ago.
Don't let them! You have to stop them!
What's the matter? Mr. Maejima?
Kinoshita!
Tateno!
Hello? This is Furuya.
What was that?
We're investigating right now, and so should you,
at the smokestack, to see if white smoke is coming out of Unit 1's reactor.
Is everything okay there?
Yes. Our situation hasn't changed.
Furu-san,
where's Kinoshita and Tateno?