Bathurst delegation sees Ohkuma devastation

By Louise Eddy
April 24 2016 - 4:30am
EERIE: Bathurst delegates in protective clothing take a sombre walk through the desolate landscape left behind by the Fukushima nuclear disaster, which took place five years ago on the outskirts of Bathurst’s sister city of Ohkuma, Japan. Photo: WARREN AUBIN 	042116radioactive1
EERIE: Bathurst delegates in protective clothing take a sombre walk through the desolate landscape left behind by the Fukushima nuclear disaster, which took place five years ago on the outskirts of Bathurst’s sister city of Ohkuma, Japan. Photo: WARREN AUBIN 042116radioactive1

Suiting up in protective gear and entering the Fukushima Exclusion Zone was a profound experience for those who returned from Japan this week after visiting friends evacuated from Bathurst’s sister city of Ohkuma following the nuclear accident in the region five years ago.

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