Fukushima: A Nuclear Nightmare

Fukushima: A Nuclear Nightmare, 2026

Reconstructing the nine harrowing days following the disaster in forensic, real-time detail, from the control-room engineers fighting to prevent a total meltdown, to the political leaders confronting the unthinkable, to ordinary citizens caught in the fallout. Power plant workers who were tasked with averting a major catastrophe by doing a potential suicide mission. These 50 workers recount the mounting pressures they faced as they entered the darkened reactors to try to avert the worst outcome.