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Problematic evacuation of Japanese from nuclear zone

Japanese Revisit Nuclear Zone While They Can, New York Times, By ANDREW POLLACK April 21, 2011 “……In Futaba, a town next to the plant, several signs stretching across the empty streets extolled the virtues of atomic energy. “Nuclear power is energy for a brighter future,” read one. Another said, “The correct understanding of nuclear power leads to a better life.”

And at the gate of the Fukushima Daiichi plant itself, workers in white suits and masks turned away an unauthorized car while photographing its license plate. On a board behind the workers someone had written, “Don’t give up.” ……

With the government now enforcing the evacuation order, there is the question of whether those who have ignored  it until now will leave. The government says 78,200 people lived within the 12-mile radius of the plant before the earthquake. A police spokesman in Fukushima Prefecture, where the plant is located, said spot checks on 3,378 addresses in the past three weeks found people at 63 of them.

An additional 62,400 people live 12 to 18 miles from the plant. They were urged to evacuate or to remain indoors. ……http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/22/world/asia/22japan.html

April 22, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | - Fukushima 2011