Japanese nuclear crisis: an issue of trust?

For almost a week Japan's nuclear experts have been struggling to suppress meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear plant after Friday's major earthquake and tsunami which destroyed areas of the north east coastline.

Initially officials said nuclear plants across the country were under control but as time passed the events on the ground appeared sometime different from what officials were saying.

Nuclear crisis: timeline

Friday 11 March
- A cooling problem reported at Tokyo Electric Power Company's (TEPCO) Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant is reported after water floods generators designed to keep reactors cool in the aftermath of an earthquake.

- Later the government declares an emergency at the plant as a precaution and says there is no radioactive leak.

Saturday 12 March
- TEPCO indicates for the first time that radiation levels at the Fukushima Daiichi plant are rising.

- People within a 10km radius of the Fukushima plant evacuated

- Footage captures the moment a hydrogen explosion destroys the outside of reactor 1.

- The Japanese Government says there was no large amount of radiation leakage outside due to explosion.

Sunday 13 March
- The Government warns that reactor 3 could explode as cooling problems continue, but they attempt to reassure people by saying the unit is designed to protect the reactor core in such a situation.

- TEPCO considers pumping seawater into reactor 2, the first time a problem is reported there.