Fukushima: Is Nuclear Power Safe?Episode of February 3, 2015

Six months after the explosions at the Fukushima nuclear plant and the release of radiation there, Professor Jim Al-Khalili sets out to discover whether nuclear power is safe. He begins in Japan, where he meets some of the tens of thousands of people who have been evacuated from the exclusion zone. He travels to an abandoned village just outside the zone to witness a nuclear clean-up operation. Jim also draws on the latest scientific findings to understand how dangerous the release of radiation is likely to be. (From the UK, in English, Russian and Japanese) (Documentary) G CC

Fukushima: Is Nuclear Power Safe? was broadcast on SBS ONE at Tuesday 3 February 2015, 05:30.