Tag Archives: evacuation

80% of local heads in nuke disaster areas say they can’t meet population goals: poll via The Mainichi

Posted on 2018/09/07 by nfield

TOKYO — About 80 percent of 45 administrative district heads inside six municipalities in Fukushima Prefecture with areas rendered difficult to live because of the March 2011 nuclear accident said it is impossible for enough evacuated residents to return to … Continue reading →

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Fukushima mothers visit France and the UN to demand their human rights via Beyond Nuclear

Posted on 2018/05/30 by nfield

By Linda Pentz Gunter, with contributions from Kurumi Sugita and Akiko Morimatsu   When Kazumi Kusano stood in the CRIIRAD radiological laboratory in Valence, France listening to lab director, Bruno Chareyron, describe just how radioactive the soil sample taken from a school … Continue reading →

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Nursing care insurance premium rises to average 5,869 yen for FY2018-2020 via The Mainichi

Posted on 2018/05/22 by nfield

[…] The village of Katsurao in nuclear disaster-hit Fukushima Prefecture stood out for its highest premium at 9,800 yen a month. Among the 11 towns and villages ranked in the top 10 for their high nursing care insurance premiums, seven … Continue reading →

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Fleeing from Fukushima: a nuclear evacuation reality check via Beyond Nuclear International

Posted on 2018/05/17 by nfield

By Dr. Ian Fairlie If another severe nuclear accident, such as Windscale (in 1957), Chernobyl (1986) or Fukushima (2011) were to occur, then the most important response, in terms of preventing future cancer epidemics, is evacuation. The other main responses … Continue reading →

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“When they called me a ‘germ’ I wanted to die” via Beyond Nuclear International

Posted on 2018/05/15 by nfield

On October 25, 2017, 15-year old former Fukushima resident Natsuki Kusano (not his real name and he has asked not to be pictured) testified before the Tokyo District Court. He was among a number of Fukushima evacuees seeking compensation from … Continue reading →

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Tepco’s compensation for 3/11 victims has made matters worse for many via The Japan Times

Posted on 2018/04/13 by nfield

BY PHILIP BRASOR AND MASAKO TSUBUKU    As of the end of March, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. had paid more than ¥8 trillion in compensation (baishōkin) related to the Fukushima No. 1 reactor meltdowns of March 2011. About half of this … Continue reading →

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Fukushima town to allow overnight stays for 1st time since nuke plant meltdowns via The Mainichi

Posted on 2018/04/12 by nfield

[…] The stays — the first in either Okuma or the town of Futaba, cohosts of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant — are in preparation for the eventual lifting of the nuclear evacuation order. They will mark the first … Continue reading →

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Few return to Fukushima schools after evacuation lifted via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2018/04/07 by nfield

Near-empty classrooms marked the start of the new academic year in municipalities where evacuation orders dating from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster were recently lifted. Fourteen public elementary and junior high schools in five municipalities reopened their doors in April … Continue reading →

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Fukushima’s Diplomatic Fallout, 7 Years After the Nuclear Disaster via The Diplomat

Posted on 2018/03/18 by nfield

[…] The Japanese government recently came under pressure in a United Nations human rights forum over the adequacy of its support for people who fled the disaster zone – and faced scrutiny about radiation levels in places where evacuees have … Continue reading →

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Reflections in Fukushima: The Fukushima Daiichi Accident Seven Years On via Greenpeace

Posted on 2018/03/01 by nfield

Seven years after the start of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster and one year after the Japanese government lifted evacuation orders in areas of Namie and Iitate, radiation levels remain too high for the safe return of thousands of Japanese … Continue reading →

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