Scientists to return to Fukushima — this time to study disaster recovery

Radiation levels in roughly 2% of the Fukushima region, about 300 square kilometres, are unsafe for people. Credit: Franck Robichon/EPA/Shutterstock Fifteen years after Japan’s worst nuclear-power accident, construction is under way in Fukushima for a research institute that will focus on robotics, agriculture, the medical uses of radiation and environmental recovery from nuclear disasters. …