JAPAN GREENPEACE RADIATIONA picture released by Greenpeace on 29 August 2011 shows a young girl washing her hands at the Minami Fukushima kindergarten school , where children without parental permission to use the playground must remain indoors to minimise possible exposure to radioactive contamination in Fukushima , Japan , on 18 August 2011 . The kindergarten has been decontaminated by the authorities , community groups and NGOs , and while it exhibited significantly decreased dose rates overall , a few spots with elevated contamination persist . Many areas surrounding the school have not been decontaminated , so the risk of re - contamination is also high . Greenpeace has been monitoring radioactive contamination of food , sea life and the environment in the region surrounding the crisis - stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant since March , and has continually called for comprehensive , wide - ranging screening and decontamination measures be put in place . Greenpeace called on Japan ' s incoming new prime minister to delay the 01 September opening of schools in Fukushima City because of the elevated contamination levels . EPA / Noriko Hayashi / Greenpeace . IMAGE AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD BY EXTERNAL MEDIA FOR 14 DAYS AFTER RELEASE . TERMS OF DELIVERY : NO THIRD PARTIES , NO RESALE , NO ARCHIVE , FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY , NOT FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS . CREDIT - LINE COMPULSORY . HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY / NO SALES < 모바일 애플리케이션 > < 포토 매거진 >< 저작권자 ( c ) 연합뉴스 . 무단 전재 - 재배 포금 지 . >