This is designed to show you how environmental remediation activities by Ministry of the Environment(MOE) have been done in and around Fukushima after TEPCO Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plants accidents.
In March 2017, MOE completed the whole area decontamination in the Special Decontamination Area (SDA) excluding “Areas where Returning is Difficult” based on the Decontamination Implementation Plan. Due to this achievement, evacuation orders have been lifted in 9 municipalities.
Municipality | Evacuation order was lifted on |
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Tamura city | April 1, 2014 |
Kawauchi village |
October 1, 2014*1/June 14, 2016*2 *1:Former Areas to which evacuation orders are ready to lift up *2:Former Areas in which residents are not permitted to live |
Naraha town | September 5, 2015 |
Katsurao village | June 12, 2016 |
Minamisoma city | July 12, 2016 |
Iitate village | March 31, 2017 |
Kawamata village | March 31, 2017 |
Namie town | March 31, 2017 |
Tomioka town | April 1, 2017 |
Municipality | Completion of decontamination |
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Tamura city | June 2013 |
Naraha town | March 2014 |
Kawauchi village | March 2014 |
Okuma town | March 2014 |
Katsurao village | December 2015 |
Kawamata town | December 2015 |
Futaba town | March 2016 |
Iitate village | December 2016 |
Tomioka town | January 2017 |
Minamisoma | March 2017 |
Namie | March 2017 |
In the Intensive Contamination Survey Area (ICSA), the decontamination was also near completion. Especially, the decontamination of areas where the residents have daily access (e.g. residential houses and public facilities) has been almost completed in the ICSA. As for the Interim Storage Site(ISF), MOE will continue to manage the removed soil properly and promote the building of the facility.
During this period, MOE received a lot of valuable advice and support from international communities. I would like to express sincere gratitude.
This web would like to keep you updated what is going on remediation activities in Japan.
It would be appreciated if you could give us continuous advice and supports.
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Environmental Remediation
MOE