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Inside Fukushimas eerie exclusion zone where nuclear control rooms, hospitals & apartments lay abandoned after 13 years The Irish Sun [Video]

FUKUSHIMA’S eerie exclusion zone remains untouched by time 13 years on from its major nuclear accident.

Nuclear control rooms, hospitals and apartments are just some of the areas that remain abandoned and forgotten following the horrific event on March 11, 2011.

An abandoned classroom inside one of Fukushima’s schoolsCredit: SWNS
An eerie hospital room remains untouched since the day it was desertedCredit: SWNS
Food still appears on shop shelves and has been scattered by animalsCredit: SWNS

Three of the six nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Okuma, Fukushima, Japan, suffered severe damage as a result of an earthquake and tsunami.

Hydrogen and radioactive materials were released into the atmosphere, forcing residents within 30km of the site to leave and never return.

One urban explorer, however, has revealed eye-opening images of how Fukushima looks 13 years on.

After watching a documentary on the Fukushima nuclear disaster Lukka Ventures, 27, headed out to explore the ‘red zones’ …

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