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★ 8 · 2022 · 43m · Documentary
In 2011, a catastrophic nuclear disaster forced the immediate evacuation of Fukushima, Japan. This documentary follows an international team of scientists using hundreds of cameras to track and investigate the astonishing wildlife that now thrives in this deadly radioactive environment.
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