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.
The government hopes to allow some of Futaba's 5,980 residents to return next year.Okuma is also home to a temporary storage facility for the radioactive waste that came out of the decontamination efforts across Fukushima. The other hometown, Futaba, remains off-limits, as are several other towns nearby.Many former residents are reluctant to return as the complicated process to safely decommission the plant continues. The government hopes to allow some of Futaba's 5,980 residents to return next year.Okuma is also home to a temporary storage facility for the radioactive waste that came out of the decontamination efforts across Fukushima. This April 9, 2019, photo shows central area of Okuma town, Fukushima. The action taken Wednesday, April 10, 2019, allows people to return about 40 percent of Okuma. 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. In this page, you can explore the crop production situation for FUTABA GUNOkuma-machi (Fukushima-ken). 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. The value of yield amount and crop acreage for each crop of Okuma-machi are seen along with the ranking in Fukushima-ken and Japan. All market data delayed 20 minutes. "We are finally standing on a starting line of reconstruction," Okuma Mayor Toshitsuna Watanabe told reporters.A new town hall is opening in the Ogawara district in May and 50 new houses and a shop is under way. A much-delayed facility is still under way.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 finalised waste management plans.Restrictions are still in place in several towns closest to the plant 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 4 percent of Okuma's population, registered as residents in the two districts where the order was lifted. | POOL / VIA KYODO. ©2020 FOX News Network, LLC.
Important: This destination may have COVID-19 travel restrictions in place, including specific restrictions for lodging. Contaminated water is stored in tanks at the Fukushima No. 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. Hotels in Okuma Flights to Okuma Things to do in Okuma Car Rentals in Okuma Okuma Vacation Packages. 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.