The government officially announced that the evacuation order will be lifted on the 30th of next month for a part of the difficult-to-return area in Futaba Town, Fukushima Prefecture, where all residents continue to evacuate after the accident at TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. I decided.
On the morning of the 26th, the government took turns at the Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters and officially decided to lift the evacuation order on the 30th of next month for some of the difficult-to-return areas in Futaba Town, Fukushima Prefecture.
In Futaba Town, where the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant is located, evacuation orders were issued throughout the town after the nuclear accident, and all residents are still evacuating.
The government has decided to lift the evacuation order this time after decontaminating 555 hectares around JR Futaba Station as a "specified reconstruction and regeneration base area" where residents can live.
This is the third time that residents will be able to return to the difficult-to-return area, following Katsurao Village and Okuma Town in Fukushima Prefecture.
Reconstruction Minister Nishime "A big step toward full-scale reconstruction"
At a press conference after the Cabinet meeting, the Minister of Reconstruction Nishime said, "The town's government office function will be resumed when the evacuation order is lifted, and we recognize that this is a major step toward full-scale reconstruction. I would like to continue to firmly support the reconstruction of Futaba Town. "