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Japan Allows Residents To Return To Fukushima Disaster ‘Hot Zone’
Toru Hanai/Reuters | A child is tested for radiation exposure.
For the first time since Japan’s Fukushima nuclear disaster more than three years ago, residents of a small district 20 km (12 miles) from the wrecked plant are about to be allowed to return home.
The Miyakoji area of Tamura, a northeastern city inland from the Fukushima nuclear station, has been off-limits for most residents since March 2011, when the government ordered evacuations after a devastating earthquake and tsunami triggered a triple meltdown at the power plant.
Tuesday’s reopening of Miyakoji will mark a tiny step for Japan as it seeks to recover from the Fukushima disaster and a major milestone for the 357 registered residents of the district – most of whom the city hopes will go back.
Source: http://philosophers-stone.co.uk/wordpress/2014/04/japan-allows-residents-to-return-to-fukushima-disaster-hot-zone/
