SBS Documentaries

Nuclear Meltdown (2013x12)

Air date: Dec 17, 2013

On March 11, 2011, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake hit Japan's north-east coast followed by a massive tsunami. The country suffered widespread devastation and in the aftermath of the disaster, four nuclear reactors in Fukushima began to disintegrate. This program details the unfolding disaster at Fukushima and reveals exactly how it happened and why.