Radiation specialist Heinz Smital measuring at shrine in Obori, Namie Town, inside the highly contaminated exclusion zone in Namie, Fukushima prefecture, Japan. The area has produced high quality pottery or “Obori Somayaki” since feudal times (over 300 years) and is recognized officially in Japan as a centre of traditional craft producing Japanese treasure. Obori was evacuated in March 2011 due to the radioactive fallout from the triple reactor meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. This area remains closed for people to return to, however the Japanese government plans to open a small area of Obori as early as 2023. Levels of radiation measured by Greenpeace in this highly contaminated area mean that it will be many decades and beyond the end of the century before radiation levels will even approach government targets.