Even if we can’t see the radiation itself, some parts of North America’s western coast have been feeling the effects for years.

As Reuters reports, Tepco has been using robots to approach the radioactive site, but “as soon as the robots get close to the reactors, the radiation destroys their wiring and renders them useless.” Estimated costs for the clean-up are now at $188 billion.

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/found-melted-uranium-rods-lost-at-fukushima

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-10-02/fukushima-radiation-has-contaminated-entire-pacific-ocean-and-its-going-get-worse