Chernobyl, Fukushima: Living with the Legacy

Chernobyl, Fukushima: Living with the Legacy

2016•7.5/10

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7.5/10(2)

30 years after the Chernobyl catastrophe and 5 years after Fukushima it is time to see what has been happening in the “exclusion zones” where the radioactivity rate is far above normal.

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Laurent Lederer

Self

Éric Chantelauze

Éric Chantelauze

Self

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