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Tepco managing director says “evacuate the workers from the site” after Reactor No. 3 exploded

WSJ: Tepco managing director says “evacuate the workers from the site” after Reactor No. 3 exploded — “Bulk of footage is available for viewing only by select journalist”   http://enenews.com/wsj-tepco-managing-director-evacuate-workers-site-after-reactor-3-exploded-footage-available-viewing-only-select-journalist  August 6th, 2012   By ENENews
Title: Tepco Releases Video Footage Taken During Critical Hours After Fukushima Daiichi Accident
Source: Wall Street Journal
Author: Phred Dvorak and Mitsuru Obe
Date: Aug 6, 2012

On Monday, Tokyo Electric Power Co. for the first time released footage taken inside its command centers

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They’re 150 hours recorded over Tepco’s emergency videoconference system — 100 of them without audio — and they largely show tiny, blurred-out faces around conference tables. The bulk of the footage is available for viewing only by select journalists in Tokyo (including JRT).

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In it, you can hear the voice of Fukushima Daiichi plant manager Masao Yoshida cracking as he alerts Tepco headquarters to the hydrogen explosion at reactor No. 3

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Hydrogen explosion at reactor No. 3 (approximate timecode: 7:00 – 8:00), March 14, 2011, around 11 am

This clip records the moment Mr. Yoshida, the Fukushima Daiichi plant manager, tells Tepco headquarters about the explosion at reactor No. 3. “Headquarters, headquarters,” he yells into the microphone. “We have a big problem, we have a big problem. It seems there’s been an explosion at Unit 3!”

“OK, we’ll make an emergency report,” says a voice from Tepco headquarters, while Mr. Yoshida gives the time — 11:01 — his voice cracking.

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Tepco managing director Akio Komori can be heard from the head office saying, “Evacuate the workers from the site.”

August 8, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Fukushima 2012