Abstract: The recently released eight-part Japanese docudrama THE DAYS (Netflix 2023) ostensibly concerns the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami, nuclear reactor explosions and subsequent meltdowns at Fukushima. Keywords: Fukushima, meltdown, radiation, management, responsibilityComputer generated digital effects recreate the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant prior to the 3/11 disaster (Netflix 2023). 2022), which featured documentary testimony and dramatized re-enactments of the events surrounding the 1979 nuclear disaster near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. While the eight episodes of The Days is paced by the cascading disasters of the triple nuclear meltdown of the 3/11 Fukushima disaster, the story is one of management, recovery, and ultimately, personal responsibility. “Preventing Nuclear Meltdown: Assessing Regulatory Failure in Japan and the United States,” Brookings Institution.

Source: The Guardian October 09, 2023 11:50 UTC