Life Inside the Bubble: Two Years After Fukushima, the Lines Between Safety and Danger Are Still Unclear

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Life Inside the Bubble: Two Years After Fukushima, the Lines Between Safety and Danger Are Still Unclear

The considerable gray area of what’s safe and not safe for the people who live in Fukushima is the focus of Bad Dreams?, a photo series by photographers Guillaume Bression and Carlos Ayesta.

via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/rawfile/2013/09/life-inside-the-bubble-two-years-after-fukushima-the-lines-between-safety-and-danger-are-still-unclear/?viewall=true

Japan’s massive tsunami in 2011 triggered a meltdown at the Fukushima Daichii nuclear power plant, releasing uncontrolled amounts of radiation into the air, water and soil. Many areas are left contaminated and quarantined, while others are deemed safe for life — at least officially. The considerable gray area of what’s safe and not safe for the people who live there is the focus of Bad Dreams?, a photo series by photographers Guillaume Bression and Carlos Ayesta.