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3 Years On: Hirono Eyeing Coexistence of Residents, N-Plant Workers

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/i?g=eco&k=2014022400311

Fukushima, Feb. 25 (Jiji Press)–

The town of Hirono, located about 30 kilometers south of Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s <9501> Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, is exploring a possibility of becoming a community for both residents and workers at the plant knocked out by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
 Many residents who left the town after the nuclear accident have yet to come back although the designation of an evacuation preparation area there was lifted six months after the accident.
Of some 5,000 people registered as residents of Hirono, only 1,352 actually lived in the town as of Monday. Many supermarkets went out of business while restaurants remain closed.
Meanwhile, men in work clothes can be seen often. According to a survey by the town government, the number of workers at the plant who live in dormitories or other accommodations in the town in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, came to some 2,500 in October 2013, up sharply from around 1,000 in June 2012.
A convenience store owner said that the number of shoppers per day is up 500 from the predisaster level and that daily sales have risen 1.5-fold.

(2014/02/25-10:30)

February 25, 2014 - Posted by arclight2011part2 | Uncategorized