Ibaraki Prefecture Requests evacuation control in areas where no evacuation orders have been issued during nuclear power plant accident. Due to the accident at Tokyo Electric Power Company's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant 13 years ago, many residents of Fukushima Prefecture were evacuated at the time.
As the situation worsened, including a hydrogen explosion, residents in areas that had not received an evacuation order began to voluntarily evacuate. Ibarakiprefecture has requested in writing to suppress the restrictions, saying it was necessary to ensure response in the event of a nuclear disaster.