The main street of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, a town which was part of an exclusion zone around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant following the nuclear disaster in 2011 but has since partially reopened. Photo: AFP
10 years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster some residents can finally return home
- Residents of Katsurao village will be able to return to their homes on June 12 when an evacuation order in place since the 2011 nuclear disaster will be lifted
- Even more than a decade after the disaster, a zone totalling 337 square kilometres remains off-limits due to high radiation levels
The main street of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, a town which was part of an exclusion zone around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant following the nuclear disaster in 2011 but has since partially reopened. Photo: AFP
