Meltdown at Fukushima | Ghost Towns with NPR’s Kat Lonsdorf | 5
Against The Odds17 Mai 2022

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. Evacuations have lifted – but many people still haven’t returned. And what does it mean to reopen a nuclear ghost town? That’s what NPR reporter Kat Lonsdorf wanted to discover when she visited Fukushima in early 2020. Kat joins host Mike Corey to discuss how locals are rebuilding their communities and the future of nuclear power in Japan.


For more on the aftermath of the disaster, listen to Kat Lonsdorf’s NPR series, Recovering Fukushima.


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Voyage to the North Pole | Siberia | 5

Voyage to the North Pole | Siberia | 5

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Voyage to the North Pole | The Skeleton Pack | 4

Voyage to the North Pole | The Skeleton Pack | 4

It’s June 1881, and USS Jeannette has been crushed between ice floes and sunk to the bottom of the Arctic Sea. The crew now find themselves stranded on the ice, a thousand miles from Siberia, the near...

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Trapped in polar pack ice, the crew of USS Jeannette settle in for a long, dark winter. As the temperature drops and the ice floes press against her sides, the ship risks suffering grave damage. Moral...

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Voyage to the North Pole | Icebound | 2

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Voyage to the North Pole | Arctic Dreams | 1

Voyage to the North Pole | Arctic Dreams | 1

In July 1879, 33 men set sail aboard USS Jeannette on a two-year mission to become the first humans to reach the North Pole. Though many other expeditions have failed, Captain George De Long is confid...

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Encore: Meltdown at Fukushima | The Devil's Chain Reaction | 4

Encore: 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 nuclear power plant are forced to evacuate all but the most essential staff. But with the hel...

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Encore: Meltdown at Fukushima | Collapse | 3

Encore: Meltdown at Fukushima | Collapse | 3

Now contending with multiple damaged reactors, engineers at the Fukushima nuclear power plant hatch a series of increasingly desperate plans to prevent a total meltdown. But several explosions and the...

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Encore: Meltdown at Fukushima | Pressure | 2

Encore: 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...

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