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Yoichi Funabashi. Meltdown
Contents
SEIZE THE TRUTH WHILE IT’S HOT!
ONE. Station Blackout “WE’RE IN TROUBLE! WE’RE BEING INUNDATED WITH SEAWATER!”
THE ISOLATION CONDENSER
THE WATER LEVEL GAUGE
THE ANTI-SEISMIC BUILDING
THE NUCLEAR SAFETY AGENCY INSPECTORS CUT AND RUN
THE OFFSITE CENTER
THE RADIATION EMERGENCY MEDICAL ASSISTANCE TEAM
TWO. A State of Nuclear Emergency Declared “PRIME MINISTER KAN SUSPECTED OF ACCEPTING ILLEGAL DONATIONS”
“KAN NEEDS COOLING DOWN”
“IT’LL BE ANOTHER CHERNOBYL”
STATE OF NUCLEAR EMERGENCY DECLARED
“YOU MEAN TO SAY THE POWER COMPANY DOESN’T HAVE A POWER CABLE?!”
MELTDOWN
“IT’S CRUCIAL TO START VENTING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE”
THREE. Hydrogen Explosion. PRIME MINISTERIAL INSPECTION OF THE SITE
“JUST ANSWER MY QUESTIONS”
KAN VERSUS YOSHIDA
THE SUICIDE SQUAD
“THIS MIGHT BE THE LAST CHANCE”
“PLEASE! PLEASE STAY HERE!”
“MADARAME-SAN, WHAT’S THAT?”
#EDANO_GET_SOME_SLEEP
FOUR. Pumping in Seawater. WE WENT DOWN ON OUR KNEES
“IS THERE NO POSSIBILITY OF RECRITICALITY?”
“WE’LL STOP IT TEMPORARILY!”
OPEN BLOWOUT PANEL OPERATION
ICE DROP OPERATION
CRISIS IN UNIT 3
“IT’S BLACK, ISN’T IT?”
CRISIS IN UNIT 2
FIVE. The Day of Reckoning “WE MAY BE FINISHED”
LATE NIGHT PHONE CALL
OFFSITE CENTER RELOCATED
IMPERIAL CONFERENCE
“WE’RE NOT WITHDRAWING”
STORMING INTO TEPCO
A STRANGE NOISE
SIX. Integrated Response Office. BANRI KAIEDA
“I’M NOT GOING BACK TO THE KANTEI”
“LIKE A DEER STUNNED IN THE HEADLIGHTS”
“SO HELPFUL THAT THE REGULATORS WERE STUPID”
WAVING THE BANNER
BORON YASUI
LITTLE LEAGUE SOCCER
SEVEN. Resident Evacuation “AT THE VERY LEAST, LET’S REDUCE THE RISK WITH THE EVACUATION RADIUS”
“MR. SECRETARY, THIRTY KILOMETERS IS JUST NOT POSSIBLE”
“FUKUSHIMA PREFECTURE WILL BE WIPED OFF THE MAP”
TAMOTSU BABA, MAYOR OF NAMIE TOWN
KATSUNOBU SAKURAI, MAYOR OF MINAMISOMA CITY
NORIO KANNO, MAYOR OF IITATE VILLAGE
YOSHITAKA SUZUKI, MAYOR OF MIHARU TOWN
THE RUNAROUND
EIGHT. The Last Bastion “THAT’S RIGHT. IT’S THE ORDER OF THE MINISTER.”
THE SELF-DEFENSE FORCES GO INTO ACTION
“WATER DROP ABANDONED. TRULY REGRETTABLE.”
WATER DROP SUCCESSFUL
THE NATIONAL BACKBONE
THE RIOT POLICE
NINE. The Hyper Rescue Squad “THE FATE OF JAPAN IS DEPENDING ON YOU”
“WHY ISN’T THE FIRE DEPARTMENT RELEASING WATER?”
THE SDF MOVES CENTER STAGE
“WE’RE NOT A JACK-OF-ALL-TRADES”
RAISING THE DOSE LIMIT
DORAEMON
THE GIRAFFE
TEN. Operation Tomodachi (Friends) WASHINGTON/THE WHITE HOUSE
TOKYO/AMBASSADOR ROOS
TOKYO/“A QUESTION OF NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY”
WASHINGTON/“WE MAY LOSE ALL OF EASTERN JAPAN”
WASHINGTON/THE FUJISAKI TELEGRAMS
CHARLES CASTO
YOU CAN’T SEE WHAT CAN’T BE SEEN
ELEVEN. Yokosuka Shock. APPLES AND ORANGES
“THIS HAS IMPLICATIONS FOR THE FUTURE OF THE U.S.-JAPAN ALLIANCE”
JOHN HOLDREN
THE VERACITY OF “FIFTY MILES”
USS GEORGE WASHINGTON
EMOTIONAL MELTDOWN
BENNY DECKER THEATER
TWELVE. The Hosono Process “EDANO HAS FALLEN OUT WITH ROOS”
ON THE KANTEI’S INITIATIVE
COALITION
“IF THERE’S STEAM, THERE’S WATER”
THE U.S. FORCES FANTASY
“ALLIES WON’T SHARE THE SAME FATE”
THIRTEEN. Worst-Case Scenario “WHAT’S THE REAL BOTTOM LINE?”
“NOW IS THE WORST”
“ROUGH SKETCH OF THE CONTINGENCY SITUATION SCENARIO”
U.S.-JAPAN DISCUSSION OF THE WORST-CASE SCENARIO
THE SDF’S WORST-CASE SCENARIO
DRAFTING THE PRIME MINISTER’S STATEMENT
FOURTEEN. SPEEDI “WE CAN’T POSSIBLY GO PUBLIC WITH THIS”
THE MONITORING TEAM
A WHITE STATION WAGON, WHITE PROTECTIVE GEAR
“EDANO’S RULING”
“HE’S A BAD ’UN, THAT ONE”
REVERSE ESTIMATION
WHY WAS SPEEDI NOT USED?
FIFTEEN. Planned Evacuation Area “THE NUMBERS ARE SKY HIGH IN IITATE”
“WHY DIDN’T WE HAVE THESE FIGURES BEFORE?!”
“YOU EXPERTS, WORK IT OUT AMONG YOURSELVES”
PLANNED EVACUATION AREA
“CAN YOU BREATHE DEEPLY HERE NOW?”
“DON’T WAKE A SLEEPING CHILD”
SIXTEEN. Castle Lost in a Day
KAIWO MARU
CONTAMINATED WATER RELEASED INTO THE SEA
ROBOTS
CASTLE FALLS IN A DAY
FUKUSHIMA 5078
EPILOGUE “The Mercy of the Gods” A CHANGE OF CLOTHES
NAOTO KAN
MASAO YOSHIDA
NAOHIRO MASUDA
HEROES
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Epilogue
