The government said Friday that about 150 residents made a two-hour visit back to their homes in the towns of Futaba and Okuma in Fukushima Prefecture. It was their first visit back to their homes since the nearby Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was crippled by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. Both towns are within three kilometers of the plant.
Clad in protective gear, the residents retrieved their belongings and keepsakes before they returned to their evacuee shelters. Another group will visit their hometowns on Sept 1.
© Japan Today
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Asagao
Watched it on tv. They were wearing paper hair nets and loose masks. Didn't seem to be any restriction on what they could grab, 3 km from the plant in a very high radiation zone.
smithinjapan
Pandering to the people instead of actually keeping them safe. No surprises here. And no doubt they had nothing more than pollen allergy masks on.
valley-of-the-shadows
These "homes" are no longer homes in any sense of the word. They are contaminated from top to bottom and should never be occupied again under any circumstance.