Hot spots and blind spots

摘要

CREST the hill into the village of Iitate, and the reading on a radiation dosimeter surges eightfold-even with the car windows shut. "Don't worry, I've been coming here for months and I'm still alive," chuckles Chohei Sato, chief of the village council, as he rolls down the window and inhales cheerfully. He pulls off the road, gets out of the car and buries the dosimeter in the grass. The reading doubles again.