201106 Japan, Nuclear towns. (87 images)

A Greenpeace team, led by Jan Beranek, undertakes radiation contamination monitoring and place marker boards bearing the radiation readings measured in microSieverts per hour, at the edge of the grounds of Watari Junior High School, in Fukushima city, in Fukushima prefecture, Japan, on Tuesday 7th June 2011. The city of Fukushima has been contaminated by radioactive fallout from the ongoing crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Within Fukushima city the local authorities are now...
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A Greenpeace team, led by Jan Beranek, undertakes radiation contamination monitoring and place marker boards bearing the radiation readings measured in microSieverts per hour, at the edge of the grounds of Watari Junior High School, in Fukushima city, in Fukushima prefecture, Japan, on Tuesday 7th June 2011. The city of Fukushima has been contaminated by radioactive fallout from the ongoing crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Within Fukushima city the local authorities are now undertaking a clean up of soil from school and nursery school playgrounds.
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