• In this photo provided by a Tokyo Electric Power Co. employee, workers await instructions in the control room for reactors 1 and 2 at Fukushima No. 1 power plant on March 12, 2011, right after an explosion ripped through the building housing the No. 1 reactor. | KYODO
    In this photo provided by a Tokyo Electric Power Co. employee, workers await instructions in the control room for reactors 1 and 2 at Fukushima No. 1 power plant on March 12, 2011, right after an explosion ripped through the building housing the No. 1 reactor. | KYODO
  • SHARE

FUKUSHIMA – This is the first in a series on the Fukushima nuclear catastrophe based on the accounts of people who struggled to contain the crisis in its early stages. Job titles and ages are as of March 2011.

Four days after the magnitude-9 earthquake and ensuing tsunami struck northeastern Japan on March 11, 2011, Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant chief Masao Yoshida was at his wit’s end.

Unable to view this article?

This could be due to a conflict with your ad-blocking or security software.

Please add japantimes.co.jp and piano.io to your list of allowed sites.

If this does not resolve the issue or you are unable to add the domains to your allowlist, please see out this support page.

We humbly apologize for the inconvenience.

In a time of both misinformation and too much information, quality journalism is more crucial than ever.
By subscribing, you can help us get the story right.

SUBSCRIBE NOW

PHOTO GALLERY (CLICK TO ENLARGE)

, , ,