When the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima, Japan was hit by a thirty foot high tsunami in 2011, over one hundred thousand people were evacuated from the surrounding area. Critics also say that the annual exposure limit of 20 millisievert, the same as nuclear workers and up from 1 millisievert before the Fukushima meltdowns, is too high. A much delayed facility is still underway.Fukushima plant's operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co., and government officials plan to start removing the melted fuel in 2021 from one of the three melted reactors, but still know little about its condition inside and have not finalized waste management plans.Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inboxThis material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. TEL: +81-587-95-7825; FAX: +81-587-95-6074 Fukushima accident, also called Fukushima nuclear accident or Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident, accident in 2011 at the Fukushima Daiichi (“Number One”) plant in northern Japan, the second worst nuclear accident in the history of nuclear power generation. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. Contaminated water is stored in tanks at the Fukushima No. Residents return to Okuma as Tokyo declares 40 percent of town safe eight years after Fukushima nuclear plant accident.Decontamination efforts have lowered radiation levels significantly in the area about 7km southwest of the plant where three reactors had meltdowns due to the damage caused by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.The action allows people to return to about 40 percent of Okuma. All rights reserved. But the town center near a main train station remains closed due to radiation levels still exceeding the annual exposure limit and a hospital won't be available for two more years, requiring returnees to drive or take a bus to a neighboring town in case of medical needs.Anti-nuclear sentiment and concerns about radiation exposures remain high in Japan since the disaster, leaving many people skeptical about the safety declaration by the government and utility operators, as risks of developing cancer and other illnesses from low-dose, long-term radiation exposures are still unknown. In this page, you can explore the crop production situation for FUTABA GUNOkuma-machi (Fukushima-ken). Workers are seen in February at a soil storage facility for decontamination work, near Tokyo Electric Power Co's tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, in Okuma Town, Fukushima prefecture. All market data delayed 20 minutes. The action taken Wednesday, April 10, 2019, allows people to return about 40 percent of Okuma. A survey last year found only 12.5 percent of former residents wanted to return to their hometown. The 9.0 quake that caused the giant wave was so severe, it actually moved Japan a few meters to the east, according to World Nuclear Association. In 2011, A tsunami hit Japan, devastating coastal areas and causing an accident at Fukushima nuclear power station. A survey last year found only 12.5 percent of former residents wanted to return to their hometown. Japan; Fukushima; Okuma Okuma; Plan your trip. The government has pushed for an aggressive decontamination program by removing topsoil, chopping trees and washing down houses and roads in contaminated areas, though experts say the effort only caused the contamination to move from one place to another, creating massive amounts of radioactive waste and the need for its long-term storage.The meltdowns at three of Fukushima Dai-ichi's six reactors caused massive radiation leaks that contaminated the plant's surroundings, forcing at its peak some 160,000 people to evacuate their homes for areas elsewhere in Fukushima or outside the prefecture.Evacuation orders in most of the initial no-go zones have been lifted, but restrictions are still in place in several towns closest to the plant and to its northwest, which were contaminated by radioactive plumes from the plant soon after its meltdowns. 'Special Report' revisits the story for the 'Whatever Happened To' series.Decontamination efforts have lowered radiation levels significantly in the area about 7 kilometers (4 miles) southwest of the plant where three reactors had meltdowns due to the damage caused by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.Many former residents are reluctant to return as the complicated process to safely decommission the plant continues. OKUMA, Japan (AP) — Inside a giant decontamination facility at the destroyed Fukushima nuclear power plant, workers in hazmat suits monitor radioactive water pumped from three damaged reactors, making sure it’s adequately — though not completely — treated. This Sept. 4, 2017, aerial file photo shows Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant's reactors, from bottom at right, Unit 1, Unit 2 and Unit 3, in Okuma, Fukushima prefecture, northeastern Japan. As a result, the nearby town of Okuma was contaminated and had to be abandoned. Japan has partially lifted an evacuation order in one of the two hometowns of the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant for the first time since the 2011 disaster. But the town centre near a main train station remains closed due to radiation levels still exceeding the annual exposure limit.A hospital won't be available for two more years, requiring returnees to drive or take a bus to a neighbouring town in case of medical needs.Anti-nuclear sentiment and concerns about radiation exposures remain high in Japan since the disaster, leaving many people sceptical about the safety declaration by the government and utility operators, as risks of developing cancer and other illnesses from low-dose, long-term radiation exposures are still unknown.Critics also say that the annual exposure limit of 20 millisieverts, the same as nuclear workers and up from one millisievert before the Fukushima meltdowns, is too high.Many people are reluctant to return home because of lingering concerns about radiation, and they have adapted to new jobs and homes after more than eight years away.Only 367 people, or less than four percent of Okuma's population, registered as residents in the two districts where the order was lifted. 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