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Title Cutting Edge: Nuclear Meltdown / Director: Rush, Julian
Published Australia : SBS ONE, 2011
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Summary On 11 March 2011, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake hit Japan's northeast coast followed by a massive tsunami. The country suffered widespread devastation and in the aftermath of the disaster, nuclear reactors in Fukushima began to disintegrate. When one exploded, the Japanese government announced a 'nuclear emergency'.The disintegration of the four nuclear reactors in Fukushima represents a turning point in the debate over the use of nuclear energy. With 20 per cent of all nuclear reactors built in earthquake zones, the program question whether nuclear power can ever be truly safe.Nuclear Meltdown details the unfolding disaster at Fukushima and reveals exactly how it happened and why, and most importantly, what the implication are for Japan and society as a whole. (From the UK, in English and Japanese, English subtitles) (Documentary) G CC
Event Broadcast 2011-06-19 at 21:35:00
Notes Classification: G
Subject Cells -- Effect of radiation on.
Food -- Effect of radiation on.
Nuclear power plants -- Natural disaster effects.
Radiation injuries.
Radioactive substances -- Health aspects.
Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami (Japan : 2011)
Japan.
Form Streaming video
Author Burke, Tom, contributor
Large, John, contributor
Ritch, John, contributor
Rush, Julian, director
Sherry, Andrew, contributor
Smith, Jim, contributor
Sperrin, Malcolm, contributor
Thomas, Gerry, contributor
Wakeford, Richard, contributor
Walker, Linda, contributor