Where To Stream Documentary 360 Season 2018 Episode 10
Radioactive Forest 2018 Cycle of Contamination
- Aired April 29, 2018
- 60 Min
In Fukushima Prefecture, the site of a nuclear accident in 2011, so much radioactive material fell in a wooded area that it has become a radioactive forest. NHK has visited the area several times since the accident to see how the radiation is affecting its flora and fauna. Using state-of-the-art technology to survey the forest, scientists have found severe contamination in flowers and nuts, and even irregularities in the chromosomes of animals. We examine how the contamination is circulating...