Inside report from Fukushima nuclear reactor evacuation zone
Fukushima, Japan - The Japanese government has issued the evacuation order on March 12 for the residents living within the 20 kilometer radius of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.
Since then, residents have left their homes, and the "no man land" has been out of touch with the rest of the world.
A Japanese journalist, Tetsuo Jimbo, ventured through the evacuation zone last Sunday, and filed the following video report.
He says that, inside the evacuation zone, homes,building, roads and bridges, which were torn down by Tsunami, are left completely untouched, and the herd of cattle and pet dogs, left behind by the owners, wonders around the town while the radiation level remains far beyond legal limits.




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This is so goddam stupid. The act, not the vid.
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Sad.
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Ok, meeped up situation in Japan, no question. At first I was quite irritated by that annoying alarm, but the radiation is not as high as the alarm might suggest. Surely, 112 Sv per hour is increased, but apparently having a mammogram is equivalent to a dose of 3 mSv: Standing next to the plant for 24h is equivalent to that number.
Being in this situation I would much more worry about the intake of radioactive isotopes... and as far as I can tell from 0:48 he is only wearing a simple face mask...thats meeping stupid. Great vid though!