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Radiation Survey in Iitate, Fukushima Prefecture
Mai Suzuki and Ray Lei, radiation specialists from Greenpeace Japan and Greenpeace East Asia, in forest near home of Mr Toru Anzai in Iitate, Fukushima prefecture. Mr Anzai left his home in June 2011, after the area, 30km northwest of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, was heavily exposed to radioactive fallout in March 2011. The Government lifted evacuation orders for a part of Iitate in March 2017 despite radiation readings that show it is not safe for people to return. The Fukushima prefecture is 70 percent mountainous forest which has not and cannot be decontaminated with decontamination efforts focused along roads and in towns, farmland and in narrow areas around people’s houses. Greenpeace radiation survey in October 2018 showed high levels above the Japanese governments decontamination targets.
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Radiation Survey in Iitate and Namie, Fukushima Prefecture (Photos)
Tens of thousands of workers have been employed in decontamination of areas of Fukushima contaminated by the March 2011 nuclear disaster at Fukushima Daiichi.
Greenpeace radiation surveys in October 2018 showed high levels of contamination in areas where workers were operating. In testimony to Greenpeace, former decontamination worker Mr Ikeda explained the risks of radiation exposure experienced by workers, as well as how they receive very little and inadequate radiation training, how radiation data and identification data is unreliable and open to manipulation. United Nations Human Rights Special Rapporteurs have warned the Japanese government of the urgent situation for thousands of workers, at risk of exploitation, including homeless, asylum seekers and foreign workers. The Greenpeace report released on 8 March 2019, “On the Frontline of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster”, focuses on the radiation risks to workers and children and the on-going violation of their human rights by the Japanese government.
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Unique identifier:
GP0STT2L0
Type:
Image
Shoot date:
25/10/2018
Locations:
Asia
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Fukushima Prefecture
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Iitate
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Japan
Credit line:
© Shaun Burnie / Greenpeace
Size:
8256px × 5504px 8.13 MB
Ranking:
★★★★★★ (B)