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7 Décembre 2013
December 7, 2013
More evacuees from the two towns that co-host the stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant have given up hope of returning home, a government survey found Dec. 6.
According to a Reconstruction Agency survey conducted in October, 67.1 percent of respondents from Okuma and 64.7 percent from Futaba said they had decided not to return. Those numbers were up from 42.3 percent and 30.4 percent, respectively, in a January survey, which used slightly different wording.
Nearly all residents of the two towns evacuated from their homes after the triple meltdown at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant triggered by the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.
In the latest survey, respondents were asked to choose reasons for their decision not to return home. Multiple choices were allowed.
Seventy-three percent of respondents from Okuma said radiation levels have not fallen. Sixty-eight percent of those from Futaba said it will take too much time before they can return to their hometown.
Only 8.6 percent of respondents from Okuma and 10.3 percent from Futaba said they want to return. Eighteen percent of those in their 70s or older from Futaba said they want to go home.
The survey covered the heads of 5,043 households in Okuma and of 3,394 households in Futaba, and received valid responses from about half.
December 6, 2013
70% of Fukushima evacuees: won't return home
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20131206_38.html
Japan's Reconstruction Agency has found that nearly 70 percent of people who evacuated from towns hosting the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant do not plan to return.
The agency surveyed evacuees from Okuma and Futaba towns in October. All residents of the towns left after the plant's nuclear accident.
Of around 2,760 households from Okuma, 67 percent said they've given up on returning. Nine percent said they want to. 20 percent were undecided.
Among 1,730 households from Futaba, 65 percent said they won't return, 10 percent said they hope to, and 17 percent were undecided.
Of the respondents from both towns who said they will not return, around 70 percent cited concerns about the safety of the damaged plant and radiation exposure.
About 65 percent said it will take too long before they are allowed to go back.
Reconstruction minister Takumi Nemoto told reporters that his agency will consult the towns to draw up plans to build public housing for evacuees and implement reconstruction projects.
Dec. 6, 2013 - Updated 07:48 UTC
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