Nuclear Nowhere News Today

>> reporter: not silent here are the dose meters that show the hot spots. all of this video was captured by our nbc cameras six years ago. >> looks like you can still go in and go for a ride. >> reporter: even then a few tourists ventured in. and some hearty residents moved back to farm. but officials here have determined that today the radiation level is low enough to bring people through on tours to show them the sort of nuclear nowhere that japan is desperate to prevent. at least there, unlik...

Tourists ventured in, and some hardy residents moved back to farm. but officials here have determined that today the radiation level is low enough to bring people through on tours. to show them the sort of nuclear nowhere that japan is desperate to prevent. at least there, unlike chernobyl, huge protective barriers surround the reactors. >> we are all keeping our fingers crossed and hoping and praying that if things take an even greater turn to the worse, that these barriers will serve to preven...