Tag Archives: exclusion zone

Trespassing in the deadliest place on earth via The New European

Posted on 2022/07/14 by nfield

By Charlie Connelly 30 JUNE 2022 12:00 AM They took all the kettles. That was weird. What was even weirder was thatthey left behind all the base plates needed to make the kettles work. One of the most alarming aspects … Continue reading →

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Chernobyl captures imaginations, brings underground tourism 35 years after nuclear disaster via abc news

Posted on 2021/04/29 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Nature has rebounded and it is now a home for rare species that had vanished. ByYulia Drozd KYIV — For the guide who sneaks people into the Chernobyl “Exclusion Zone,” the crucial moment is when you cross over the barbed … Continue reading →

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Half Life in Fukushima documents life in the “red zone” via International Examiner

Posted on 2018/05/05 by nfield

Playing this weekend at the Northwest Film Forum, Mark Olexa and Francesca Scalisi’s haunting 2016 documentary Half Life in Fukushima follows Naoto Matsumura, a middle-aged former rice farmer who tends to the animals left behind in the exclusion zone surrounding … Continue reading →

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Meet the Nuclear Cattle of Fukushima via CNN

Posted on 2016/09/28 by norma field

[…]That’s what one filmmaker discovered in 2011 when he heard of a group of former farmers in Fukushima’s nuclear exclusion zone, fighting to keep their radiation-affected cows alive, though they brought them no profit. “The farmers think of these cows … Continue reading →

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Fukushima ghost towns pictured five years after nuclear disaster via Metro

Posted on 2016/07/12 by norma field

It has been five years since reactor four went in to meltdown at the Fukushima Nuclear Power plant, triggered by a huge tsunami and earthquake that devastated Japan. The nuclear disaster led to the imposition of a 20 mile evacuation … Continue reading →

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British tourist triggers radiation detectors at Kyiv’s Boryspil Airport via Ukraine Today

Posted on 2016/05/22 by norma field

The man visited Chornobyl nuclear power plant zone prior to travelling to the airport A tourist from the U.K. who visited the exclusion zone around the Chornobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine, triggered the radiation detectors in Boryspil airport on … Continue reading →

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Never-Before-Seen Images Reveal How The Fukushima Exclusion Zone Was Swallowed By Nature　via BoredPanda

Posted on 2015/10/12 by norma field

Polish photographer Arkadiusz Podniesinski travelled to the site of the Fukushima nuclear disaster last month to see the location with his own eyes. When he obtained permits to enter the roughly 20km (12.5 mile) Exclusion Zone, he was confronted with … Continue reading →

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Contamination fears as forest fires smoulder in exclusion zone via RT

Posted on 2015/05/14 by norma field

Robert Jacobs, Hiroshima Peace Institute https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqJYI4xdXO0&feature=youtu.be

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