Nine and a half years after the accident at the nuclear power plant, they were unable to return to their hometowns and died 2600 more people Fukushima September 9 4:56
It has been nine and a half years since the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.
In Fukushima Prefecture, at least 2600 of the people evacuated from the "return difficult area" where evacuation orders are still continuing have died without returning to their hometowns, NHK interviewed revealed. ..
Difficult-to-return areas located around the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant and spanning seven municipalities in Fukushima Prefecture still have relatively high radiation levels and are instructed to evacuate.
About 26,500 people lived in this area as of March 2011 when the nuclear accident occurred, but when NHK interviewed the local government, it took about nine and a half years from evacuation to last month. During that time, it was found that at least about 10%, or 2670 people, had died.
By municipality,
▽Okuma Town has the largest number with 895,
followed by
▽ Futaba Town with 792 people,
▽ Namie Town with 576 people,
▽ Tomioka Town with 362 people,
▽ Iitate Village with 32 people,
▽ Katsura Village with 12,
▽ Minamisoma city is the only one, and the number of people who die without returning to their hometown is increasing.
Regarding the difficult-to-return areas, the government has designated part of the areas as “specified reconstruction and reconstruction base areas” and is proceeding with decontamination and infrastructure development so that the evacuation order can be lifted from two to three years later, but the remaining 92 The area that occupies an area of 10% does not have a concrete policy toward the cancellation, and residents are calling for the cancellation as soon as possible.
Bereaved family "Increased death increases the government has a concrete direction"
Kenji Sato, a resident of the Torigaoka Korigamahama area designated as a difficult-to-return area, died at the age of 75 in the evacuation site Iwaki in May last year.
Mr. Sato, who worked as a plasterer and a construction worker, lived with 6 generations of his wife, his son's couple, and two grandchildren before the nuclear power plant accident, and it was said that the rice making and the care of the grandchild were the most rewarding. Is that.
However, due to the accident, he was forced to evacuate away from his son's family, and gradually became sick.
As the Furagahama Korayamahama area is not included in the “Specific Reconstruction and Regeneration Base Area”, there is no indication that the evacuation order will be lifted.
According to his son Tadashi (47), Mr. Sato said he was regretful when he was alive, "I want to go home but I can't."
Regarding the difficult-to-return area, the government says, "Even if it takes a long time, we are determined to cancel all evacuation orders and take responsibility for reconstruction and regeneration in the future," says Chuichi. Now, more and more people will die with the same feeling as my father. I want the government to show a concrete direction as soon as possible."