7/6/2011 How the first 24 hours shaped Fukushima nuclear crisis

Source: AP via The Japan Times
Date: Thursday, July 7, 2011 JST

Devastated: An aerial photo taken March 20 by an unmanned drone shows the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture. From left are reactor buildings 1 (partially seen), 2, 3 and 4. AIR PHOTO SERVICE/AP

Chaos, inadequate preparation, indecision, lack of forthrightness
AP

Fukushima — When unit 2 began to shake, Hiroyuki Kohno's first hunch was that something was wrong with the turbines. He paused for a moment, then went back to logging the day's radioactivity readings.
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