aichi prefecture will set a different standard than the national one. >> reporter: the residents of aichi are not as accepting of the debris as the assembly members. a factory in the city is one of the candidate sites that the governor said will receive the debris. this man has a citizen group that is campaigning against accepting debris. he worked as a radiation technologist at the hospital for 25 years before becoming a farmer. >> translator: nature still exists here. i feel that the potatoes we grow taste better. >> reporter: joined by like-minded citizens, he continues to study radioactive contaminants from the debris. >> translator: we have to protect our children. we shouldn't let our town accept the debris without having further confirmation. >> translator: the safety limits sharply deviate from waste disposal standards set in the past. they will allow contaminated materials to be moved around the nation, and destroy japan's beautiful nature. >> reporter: one year after the march 11th disaster, fears of radioactive contamination are keeping local governments around the country from