tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post8359030031530115096..comments2023-11-06T17:59:14.655+02:00Comments on Eco R Geo: Japan lifts evacuation order for radiation-hit Fukushima townantixronoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17321757470762094126noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-44210649575869487542015-09-05T16:56:35.559+03:002015-09-05T16:56:35.559+03:00Evacuation order lifted completely for town of Nar...Evacuation order lifted completely for town of Naraha near wrecked Fukushima plant...<br /><br />The town of Naraha in Fukushima Prefecture celebrated Saturday, following the midnight lifting of the government’s evacuation order 4½ years after the eruption of the March 2011 nuclear disaster.<br /><br />Naraha became the first of seven radiation-tainted municipalities in the prefecture to be entirely cleared for repopulation since the triple-reactor meltdown following the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.<br /><br />“The clock that was stopped has now begun to tick,” Naraha Mayor Yukiei Matsumoto said at a ceremony held to promote the early return of local residents as well as the reconstruction of their hometown.<br /><br />About 100 people took part in the event, including central government officials.<br /><br />Most of the town is within the 20-km no-go zone set up around the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, which spewed radiation into the air and sea after the earthquake-triggered tsunami knocked its power out, prompting the meltdowns.<br /><br />Naraha is “at the starting line at last,” Matsumoto told reporters early Saturday, adding that he would continue working toward reconstruction...............japantimes.co.jpAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-7555069252076882602015-09-05T16:47:16.824+03:002015-09-05T16:47:16.824+03:00Fukushima disaster: Japan reopens radiation-hit Na...Fukushima disaster: Japan reopens radiation-hit Naraha...<br /><br />Japan is inviting residents to return to a town evacuated in 2011 after the Fukushima nuclear plant disaster.<br /><br />Naraha is the first town to allow people to return permanently, following several years of decontamination work.<br /><br />But many say they are not ready to come back, and only a fraction have returned for brief stays since a trial period began in April.<br /><br />The Fukushima Daiichi plant suffered a series of meltdowns following a massive earthquake and tsunami.<br /><br />After the disaster, all of Naraha's 7,400 residents moved out.........................http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-34163297<br />5/9/15Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com