Now contending with multiple damaged reactors, engineers at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan hatch a series of increasingly desperate plans to prevent a total meltdown. But several explosions and the loss of vital cooling pumps bring the entire plant to the brink of chaos. As the crisis worsens, it becomes clear that the very future of Japa ... Show More
May 2022
Trapped on Mount Hood | Whiteout | 1
<p>In May 1986, a group of high school students and faculty embarked on a journey to the top of Mount Hood, Oregon's tallest mountain. The climb was part of an annual wilderness program, and was usually uneventful. But during this climb, a brutal and massive storm engulfed the mo ... Show More
48m 3s
Sep 2023
Fukushima Nuclear Disaster
In 2011, Japan was hit by the worst earthquake in the country’s history. Enormous tremors caused devastation all throughout Japan, and the tsunami that followed wreaked further havoc. But the damage didn’t end there. 200 km north of Tokyo, the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plan ... Show More
54m 40s
Sep 2020
Three Mile Island | The Domino Effect | 1
<p>On March 28, 1979, Bill Zewe hears an alarm at Three Mile Island. Something has gone terribly wrong at the nuclear power plant, in southern Pennsylvania. And now, the operators at the plant must move fast—before a crisis engulfs the region. </p><p><br></p><p>Want to liste ... Show More
37m 4s
Apr 2023
Boston Molasses Disaster | A Deadly Deluge | 1
<p>On January 15, 1919 a giant storage tank holding more than two million gallons of molasses collapsed, sending a deadly wave crashing into the streets of Boston’s busy North End. The flood was over in minutes, but it left death and destruction in its wake. Victims and their fam ... Show More
41m 10s
May 2021
The Litvinenko Affair | The Polonium Trail | 3
<p>Police at Scotland Yard realise they’re not only dealing with the murder of one man…London is facing a full scale nuclear incident.</p><p>Listen ad free with Wondery+. Join Wondery+ for exclusives, binges, early access, and ad free listening. Available in the Wondery App. <a h ... Show More
38m 37s
Jun 2024
Episode 353 - Chernobyl: The Power Station That Ended a Nation
<p>The world’s most infamous nuclear disaster officially killed just thirty-one people, but in reality it’s death toll is incalculable. Raining radioactive debris over a city, and melting the skin off the on-site workers, the explosion and subsequent meltdown at Chernobyl reactor ... Show More
1h 14m
Mar 2020
Podcast Entre-Deux spécial Fukushima
A l’occasion du neuvième anniversaire de la catastrophe nucléaire de Fukushima, nous revenons sur cette journée du 11 mars 2011, date à laquelle un puissant tremblement de terre a secoué l’Est de l’archipel nippon, suivi d’un tsunami puis de l’accident nucléaire, classé 7 sur l’é ... Show More
52m 39s