In March 2011 the world experienced its largest nuclear disaster since the Chernobyl explosion in 1986. The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan was hit by a massive tsunami and three of the plant's six nuclear reactors began to meltdown. The cleanup process is expected to take decades, and a lot of the truth about this catastrophe is still kept hidden.
This amazing video reveals how scientists are exploring the effects of the radiation, and trying to find ways to save the polluted lands and waters around Fukushima, as well as what it's like for residents around this radiated area. |
Dr. Masamichi Nishio, MD, Hokkaido Cancer Center radiologist who was examining children at elementary school 40 miles from Fukushima Daiichi: There has undoubtedly been radiation poisoning, so people should not be living here. But the government will not say that out loud. All they wanted to do was cover-up what had been done. There is a lot of secrecy. [...] Kayoko Hashimoto, Fukushima resident: The figures don't add up. They don't match what the government is saying. Vikram Ghandi, Vice: The whole concept of these stationary Geiger counters becomes suspect when only a few feet away the readings are twice as high. And when you move even further away, those government monitors start feeling completely irrelevant. Over here by the edge of the school... Whoa. Sh*t. So the reading is now 3.5 [microSv/hr]. That level is 20 times higher than the monitoring post around the corner — on the playground, at an elementary school.
