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Living in Fukushima: Stories of Decontamination and Reconstruction

Living in Fukushima: Stories of Decontamination and Reconstruction

2013•40m
Documentary

In the aftermath of the 3.11 Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident, the Japanese government began implementing a large-scale decontamination effort to clean up the radioactive materials. A mother, a farmer, a community leader, an evacuee - hear how the clean-up effort has been carried out around their lives and what their hopes are for the reconstruction of Fukushima.

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Production

Japan's Ministry of the Environment, United Nations University

Language

EN

Status

Released

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Cast

Rachel Walzer

Rachel Walzer

Self - Narrator

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