Nine years after the nuclear accident, it is a strong symbol: the Japanese city of Okuma is still a ghost town. Emptied of its inhabitants in 2011 after the nuclear accident, this village, close to the power plant, has become the territory of wild animals. There are still two "jungles cities" and you need a special permit to get there. The other cities evacuated in 2011 have since been reopened.

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In Okuma, we understand that the famous cleaning of Fukushima is far from over. The prefecture is to host certain tests of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, postponed to the summer of 2021 because of the coronavirus. In recent months, Japanese authorities have been working hard to finish rebuilding the region in time for the Games. It is a huge reconstruction and decontamination project that never ends and should cost nearly 250 billion euros.

If the work undertaken for ten years is real and colossal, if the region is partly rebuilt, it is far from being freed from radioactivity. The NGO Greenpeace has detected areas at risk of radioactivity near the Olympic facilities. And at the Fukushima plant, Tepco engineers continue to fight against radioactive leaks. They also face new problems, such as that of contaminated water which accumulates on the site of the power station and poses a new problem in Japan. Our reporters were able to visit this historic nuclear power plant.

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