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201652 min0documentary

8.0/ 10(1 rating)• TMDB

Fukushima: Robots in Hell

201652 min0documentary

8.0/ 10(1 rating)• TMDB

Hundreds of hours of robot footage document the aftermath of the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant disaster and its severe radioactivity.

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Hundreds of hours of robot footage document the aftermath of the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant disaster and its severe radioactivity.

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Marie Lintondirector

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Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant stood at the center of Japan's nuclear crisis on March 11, 2011. After a major earthquake and tsunami, the plant suffered severe damage, leading to explosions and high levels of radioactivity. Hundreds of hours of footage from robots provide insight into the event's aftermath. The film shows conditions within the reactors and the failures that contributed to the disaster. Directed by Marie Linton, it runs for 52 minutes.

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