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Results in the Special Decontamination Area

Result in the Special Decontamination Area

Municipalities in which evacuation orders were lifted

Municipality Evacuation order was lifted on
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
Okuma Town April 10, 2019
Futaba Town March 4, 2020

Municipalities in which whole area decontamination were completed

Municipality Completion of decontamination
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 City March 2017
Namie Town March 2017

Completion of the Decontamination in SDA (as of the end of September 2017)

Municipality Residential area Farmland Forest Road Evacuation order was lifted on
Number of implementated houses Implemented area ha Implemented area ha Implemented area ha
Minami
soma		 4,700 1,600ha 1,600ha 280ha July 12, 2016
Namie 5,900 1,400ha 510ha 230ha March 31, 2017
Tomioka 6,200 750ha 790ha 170ha April 1, 2017
Iitate 2,100 2,400ha 2,100ha 330ha March 31, 2017
Futaba 97 100ha 25ha 8.4ha March 4, 2020
Kawamata 450 610ha 730ha 71ha March 31, 2017
Katsurao 480 570ha 690ha 95ha June 12, 2016
Okuma 220 170ha 200ha 31ha April 10, 2019
Kawauchi 170 130ha 210ha 38ha Former Preparation Areas for
lift of Evacuation Order :
October 1, 2014 Former
Habitation Restricted Areas:
June 14, 2016
Naraha 2,800 830ha 740ha 170ha September 5, 2015
Tamura 150 140ha 280ha 29ha April 1, 2014
Total Number 23,000 8,700ha 7,800ha 1,500ha  
  • ”Forest” means that is close to residential area
  • MOE will continue decontamination if we get new consents from the residents