Snake, Duct Tape, Dosimeters: How Scientists Study Impact of Radiation in Fukushima Exclusion Zone

The accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), which occurred on 11 March 2011, was caused by a devastating earthquake and subsequent tsunami that hit Japan’s Tohoku region. The incident at Fukushima is considered the worst since the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster.