Fukushima: the story of a nuclear disaster

March 11, 2011 : "A situation that we had never imagined"

March 12, 2011 : "This may get really ugly ... "

March 12 through 14, 2011 : "What the hell is going on?"

March 15 through 18, 2011 : "It's going to get worse ... "

Interlude : searching for answers : "People ... are reaching the limit of anxiety and anger"

March 19 through 20, 2011 : "Give me the worst case"

Another March, another nation, another meltdown

March 21 through December 2011 : "The safety measures ... are inadequate"

Unreasonable assurances

"This is a closed meeting. Right?"

2012 : "The government owes the public a clear and convincing answer"

A rapidly closing window of opportunity

Appendix: The Fukushima postmortem : what happened?