Fukushima Town Evacuation Order Lifted 11 Years After Disaster
- Futaba allows residents to return to some parts for first time
- Evacuation order lift comes as Japan eyes atomic power again
Destroyed and abandoned houses line the street in Futaba, in Mar 2022.
Photographer: Yusuke Harada/NurPhoto/Getty Images
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Residents are allowed to return to the remote Japanese town housing the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant for the first time in 11 years, a major milestone for cleaning up the worst atomic disaster in decades.
Futaba, located in Japan’s Fukushima prefecture, lifted evacuation orders for some areas on Tuesday. Residents were removed from their homes following the nuclear meltdown at Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power plant in March 2011.