The reactors are unstable. A “suicide squad” of older workers is sent inside and young staff are evacuated. Pressure levels are dangerously high, raising the chances of another explosion. A drama about the events of March 2011.

Cast:

Suto: Togo Igawa

Akiko: Ami Okumura Jones

Yoshida: Eiji Mihara

Prime Minister: Kevin Shen

Saito: Sadao Ueda

Shimada: Akira Koieyama

Ito: Matt McCooey

Narrator: Romola Garai

Fukushima is written by Adrian Penketh

Sound design is by Peter Ringrose

Produced by Toby Swift and Sasha Yevtushenko

Commissioned by Simon Pitts for BBC World Service

Audio for this episode was updated on 4 October 2023.

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