Lessons from Japan Nuclear Plant Crisis

Officials and others testified at a hearing on lessons that could be taken from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant crisis in Japan. They sa… read more

Officials and others testified at a hearing on lessons that could be taken from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant crisis in Japan. They said the situation at Japan’s damaged nuclear power plant was “static” and that the key to long-term stability at the facility was to provide a reliable ability to cool the reactors and spent fuel pools. Earlier in the day Japanese officials raised the severity rating of their nuclear crisis to a level on par with the 1986 Chernobyl disaster in the former Soviet Union; considered the worst nuclear disaster in history. close

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Program ID:
298981-1
Category:
Senate Committee
Format:
Senate Committee
Location:
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
First Aired:
Apr 12, 2011 | 2:44pm EDT | C-SPAN 3
Last Aired:
Apr 18, 2011 | 9:45am EDT | C-SPAN 2

Airing Details

  • Apr 12, 2011 | 2:44pm EDT | C-SPAN 3
  • Apr 12, 2011 | 10:04pm EDT | C-SPAN 1
  • Apr 13, 2011 | 2:21am EDT | C-SPAN 1
  • Apr 13, 2011 | 7:00am EDT | C-SPAN 3
  • Apr 18, 2011 | 9:45am EDT | C-SPAN 2
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