Meltdown at Fukushima | Ghost Towns with NPR’s Kat Lonsdorf | 5
It’s been more than decade since the meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. But the region is still grappling with the environmental, economic and emotional legacy of the disaster. Eva...
17 Mai 202237min
Meltdown at Fukushima | The Devil's Chain Reaction | 4
After a week of unrelenting disasters—and with Tokyo itself now under threat—the managers of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant are forced to evacuate all but the most essential staff. But the ...
10 Mai 202244min
Meltdown at Fukushima | Collapse | 3
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 e...
3 Mai 202244min
Meltdown at Fukushima | Pressure | 2
Crippled by a tsunami of unprecedented scale, one of the reactors at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is in danger of melting down. To save it, workers must do the unthinkable: Vent radio...
26 Apr 202245min
Meltdown at Fukushima | Triple Disaster | 1
In March 2011, one of the largest earthquakes in history struck eastern Japan, followed by a massive tsunami. This one-two punch then caused a third disaster—a total loss of power at the Fukushima Dai...
19 Apr 202246min
Avalanche at Tunnel Creek | ‘Snow Fall’ with Adventure Journalist John Branch | 2
When New York Times reporter John Branch first heard reports of an avalanche in Washington State, he didn’t think much about it. But when his editor asked him to poke around, John discovered the human...
12 Apr 202241min
Avalanche at Tunnel Creek | Into the Backcountry | 1
Lured by the promise of fresh powder, more and more skiers and snowboarders are heading onto backcountry slopes. But in the wrong conditions, these areas can turn from playgrounds to death traps in an...
5 Apr 202244min
Encore: Kidnapped in the Desert | Zero Hour | 3
After months in captivity, Jessica Buchanan is battling a kidney infection, and her body’s on the verge of collapse. The negotiations for her release aren’t going anywhere and the Crisis Management Te...
29 Mar 202243min
