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VIDEO. Fukushima: 10 years later, she returns to see her abandoned house

2021-03-07T16:40:30.347Z


Ten years after the nuclear accident, houses are still abandoned as the Japanese government urges return.


A bamboo has grown in the middle of the living room.

Hisae Unuma observes this plant as a reminder that ten years have passed since she had to leave her home in Fukushima.

On March 11, 2011, an earthquake caused the explosion of the nuclear power plant.

160,000 people, including Hisae Unuma and her husband, were evacuated from the region, plagued by a radioactive cloud.

Today, the 68-year-old Japanese woman lives in Saitama and her husband died of cancer three years ago, but she returned to see her old home in Fukushima.

This return, however, does not make him want to live in the region again: “There is nothing for a life here.

I can't go shopping and there is no hospital so I can't imagine building a life here.

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However, 5,000 Japanese workers work daily to decontaminate the area and the government is encouraging residents to return with financial aid.

But Hisae Unuuma remains skeptical: “What if another disaster occurs?

No matter the earthquakes, these reactors could explode if someone dropped a tool in the wrong place.

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Source: leparis

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