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A Japanese defense soldier walks among tsunami devastation in the Taro area of Miyako, Iwate prefecture on April 19, 2011.

Nearly 10 years ago Japanese nuclear regulatory officials asked the operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant if it could withstand a tsunami. According to the Associated Press, which obtained the response memo, it was wildly optimistic. However, the AP says that science on earthquakes and tsunamis has advanced a lot since that memo was written, yet it was never updated. Now, more than two months after the tsunami, workers still haven't brought the plant under control. Professor George Maclean, a Canadian who has made Japan his home, joins Madeleine to talk about how life has changed since the devastating event.

George was stranded at the University where he works as an English professor after the tsunami, without enough gas to get home.