Eleven and a half years after the earthquake, evacuation orders have been partially lifted in Futaba

 

Eleven and a half years after the earthquake, evacuation orders have been partially lifted in Futaba, where the entire town continues to evacuate... It becomes habitable for the first time since the nuclear accident.



　At 0:00 a.m. on the 30th, the evacuation order for the difficult-to-return zone was partially lifted in Futaba Town, Fukushima Prefecture, where the Tokyo Electric Power Company's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant is located and the only municipality in the vicinity of the nuclear power plant where the entire town continued to be evacuated. It will be possible to live in the town for the first time after the nuclear accident. Many of the townspeople have settled down in their evacuation destinations after living as evacuees for about 11 and a half years, and it is expected that there will be a rough road to promoting their return.



　The areas where the restrictions have been lifted are about 5.55 square kilometers, which are designated as "designated reconstruction and revitalization base areas (reconstruction bases)," where the government is promoting decontamination and infrastructure development in an integrated manner in order to resume residence in difficult-to-return areas. Around Futaba Station on the JR Joban Line, 4,380 people, or 60% of the town's population, once lived. As of the end of July, 3,347 people from 1,373 households were registered as residents. This is the third time that evacuation orders have been lifted for reconstruction bases, following Katsurao Village and Okuma Town.

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