WE FILMED ALL OF THIS BEFORE THE
CORONAVIRUS.
WE’VE BEEN GIVEN RARE ACCESS TO
GROUND ZERO OF ONE OF THE
WORLD’S WORST NUCLEAR DISASTERS.
WE KEEP A RADIATION MONITOR
CLOSE.
IT BEGAN WITH THE STRONGESTHEST
EARTHQUAKE IN JAPAN’S HISTORY.
THE CLOCK ON THE BEACH HOUSE
STILL FROZEN IN TIME.
FIRST THE EARTHQUAKE STRUCK.
THEN THE TSUNAMI SUBMERGED THIS
THIRD FLOOR.
DESTRUCTION DOESN’T DESCRIBE IT.
THE DEADLY WATER ENGULFING
ENTIRE COMMUNITIES.
SLAMMING THROUGH THE WALLS OF
FUKUSHIMA’S POWER PLANT.
THEN THE RADIATION CAME.
THE CLEANUP HAS COST ALMOST $300
BILLION NOW IN MANY PLACES YOU
DON’T NEED TO WEAR A MASK.
IT IS STUNNING.
I CAN STAND HERE WITH SO LITTLE
PROTECTIVE GEAR ON.
THE MELTED CORE OF THE REACTORS
ARE JUST THERE.
DEEP INSIDE, THIS VIDEO FILMED
BY ROBOTS SHOWS THAT MELTED CORE
STILL HIGHLY RADIO ACTIVE.
OUTSIDE OUR RADIATION METER
MEASURING 85 PER HOUR AND MORE.
THE HIGHEST OF OUR TRIP, SAFE
FOR SHORT PERIODS.
TWO MILES FROM THE REACTOR IS A
TOWN.
GARDENS OVERGROWN.
HOMES ABANDONED IN A HURRY.
NOW ONLY WILDLIFE IS HERE.
THIS IS A GHOST TOWN.
FORMER RESIDENTS MAKE SHORT
VISITS TO TAKE PICTURES.
THEY HOLD ONTO MEMORIES.
THIS IS HOME?
>> THIS WAS HOME.
I CAN SEE --
>> Reporter: YOU’RE IN TEARS.
>> NOT QUITE, BUT ALMOST.
>> Reporter: FUKUSHIMA’S FISH IS
MAKING A COMEBACK.
EACH CATCH TESTED FOR RADIATION.
BUT WHAT TO DO ABOUT THIS RADIO
ACTIVE FROM THE REACTORS, ENOUGH
TO FILL 400 OLYMPIC SWIMMING
POOLS.
OFFICIALS SAY THEY MAY FILTER IT
AND POUR IT INTO THE PACIFIC
OCEAN.
>>
>> Reporter: MANY LOCALS ARE NOT
CONVINCED.
>> NO.
>> Reporter: THEY SHOULD NOT?
>> NO.
>> Reporter: THIS MAN IS 75.
HE GETS PICTURES OF THE
OVERGROWN ROSE GARDEN.
>> Translator: WE LEFT WITH ONLY
OUR CLOTHES.
>> Reporter: HE HOPES THAT ONE
DAY HE AND OTHERS WILL BE ABLE
TO RETURN TO THESE SILENT
STREETS.
A HOME THEY HAVE NEVER FORGOTTEN
AND A NUCLEAR DISASTER THE WORLD
WILL NEVER FORGET.
AND, OF COURSE, THIS SUMMER THEY
HOPE TO HOLD THE OLYMPIC GAMES
IN JAPAN.
NOW, THE PLAN HAD BEEN TO
SHOWCASE THE RECOVERY OF
FUKUSHIMA.
NOW IT WILL BE SHOWCASING THE
RECOVERY FROM CORONAVIRUS.
>> WOW.
>> FASCINATING.
>> THANK YOU, KEIR.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> LIKE A GHOST TOWN.
>> IT IS.
AND IT’S AMAZING HOW LIFE CAN
COME BACK, BUT YOU WONDER IF
IT’S COMING BACK THE WAY IT WAS
OR HOW THAT IMPACTS -- WOULD YOU
EAT THAT FISH?
>> NO.
>> WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT
THAT.
>> NO.
>> A FASCINATING STORY.
YOU CAN CATCH THE ENTIRE STORY
ON OUR STREAMING CHANNEL.