Tepco releases recordings of Fukushima nuclear crisis

Source: BBC

Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco), owner of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, has released footage of how it managed meltdowns in three reactors.

In the footage, workers can been seen dealing with what they thought was an explosion and urgently trying to understand the scale of problem.

Tepco has faced criticism over the way it handled the nuclear crisis.

Last year's meltdown, caused by an earthquake and tsunami, was the world's worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl.

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