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Neumann boundary condition is not satisfied

I want to solve the diffusion equation on a disk centered at (0,0) with a radius of 1. I also want the flux at a radius of 0.8 to be zero. I have this initial condition at time zero:

 u[x, y, 0] == 
 Exp[(-x^2 - y^2)/0.01] + 10*Exp[-(((x - 1)^2 + (y)^2)/0.01)]

The initial condition looks like this:

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The solution after time 50 looks like this:

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The problem is that I expected because the flux is zero at radius of 0.8 then at the distance more than 0.8 from the origin the value of variable u[x,y,t] should be different from that of at distances shorter than 0.8. However, everything looks equilibrated.

Here is the whole code:

sol = NDSolveValue[{\!\(
\*SubsuperscriptBox[\(\[Del]\), \({x, y}\), \(2\)]\(u[x, y, t]\)\) == 
    D[u[x, y, t], t] + 
     NeumannValue[
      0., {x, y} \[Element] 
       RegionDifference[Disk[{0, 0}, 1], Disk[{0, 0}, 0.8]]], 
   u[x, y, 0] == 
    Exp[(-x^2 - y^2)/0.01] + 10*Exp[-(((x - 1)^2 + (y)^2)/0.01)]}, 
  u, {x, y} \[Element] Disk[{0, 0}, 1], {t, 0, 50}]


Plot3D[sol[x, y, 0], {x, y} \[Element] Disk[{0, 0}, 1], 
 PlotRange -> All]

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