Nuclear Disasters: Chernobyl, Fukushima, Kyshtym | 60 Minutes Full Episodes
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About this episode
From 2014, Bob Simon's visit to Chernobyl. From 2011, Scott Pelley's report on the disaster at Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant in Japan. From 2014, Simon's update on Fukushima. And from 1980, Dan Rather's report on the Kyshtym disaster.
0:00 Intro 0:11 Chernobyl 13:16 Catastrophe - Fukushima 27:26 Fukushima - Three Years Later 41:48 The Kyshtym Disaster
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