01x04 - It Would Mean Turning Our Backs on Fukushima

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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 k*ll 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?