Video tape of Monju sodium spill

Duration: 8 minutes and 45 seconds

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

License: CC Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike

Genre: Documentary

Posted by: shioyama on Jan 25, 2008

Video taken immediately after the Monju sodium leak and fire in 1995. Existence of the videotape was originally denied, and the actually footage hasn't been seen until now. A Japanese group called News for the People Japan (NPJ) released the video onto YouTube on Jan. 25th, 2008 with Japanese subtitles.

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NPJ Video News No. 3
Video taken just after the sodium leak accident at Monju, hidden by the PNC - the so-called 2 o'clock video
Just after the accident, the PNC sent employees to the site to film the leak.
However, due to the graphic nature of the footage, the PNC hid it.
The PNC explained that they hid it because "it has no value".
With your own eyes, we want you to judge why the PNC hid the video.
This video was not only hidden at Monju (Fukui Prefecture),
it was also discovered later that there was another copy hidden at the head office.
An employee who had to lie at the press conference committed suicide right afterwards.
What was it that drove him to commit suicide... Think about this.
Nishimura-san's death is also being reported on at "Joho Tsushin Sokushin Keikaku" (tokyodo-2005) blog
Search in the blog for "Nishimura" (西村 in Japanese)
Employees heading for the site of the leak
Sodium mist fills the air
Footsteps on white sodium
Repeatedly checking something
Camera also moving toward the scene
Visibility is very poor
The sodium "snow" is so deep that footsteps do not leave a trace
The mist gets deeper
Seems like they found something
A small mountain of sodium
Camera angle graphically tells the story
Going back quickly
Emergency telephone
The video continues a bit longer, but the important part is up to here
To make the most of Nishimura-san's death, all we who live in Japan
must think of what needs to be done.
NPJ Video News No. 3