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Futaba ( Futaba Town , FUTABA-MACHI ? ) is a Japanese town in the Futaba district, in the prefecture of Fukushima, in Japan. Located on the Pacific Coast, it was affected, in March 2011, by the Tōhoku earthquake. Added to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, the municipality was completely evacuated.

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In 2003, the population of Futaba was estimated at 7,406 inhabitants with a population density of 144.09 Hab./km 2 . The town covers an area of ​​51.40 km 2 .

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Futaba situation compared to Fukushima Daiichi.

The municipality directly adjoins the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, whose slices 5 and 6 hosts [ first ] , [ 2 ] . In addition, the entire municipal territory is located in the nuclear exclusion zone of the 20 km . It was therefore one of the first municipalities to be evacuated following the Fukushima nuclear accident [ 3 ] , [ 4 ] , [ 5 ] .

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The municipality is strongly contaminated by the fallout from the accident and there remains a high surface concentration in cesium 134 and 137 [ 6 ] . Radioactivity measurable in 2011 is very high in places [ 7 ] , and the Japanese government admits in August 2011 that the areas in the immediate vicinity of the power station will probably be kept out of access “For a long time, perhaps several decades [ 8 ] » .

The , the Japanese government starts decontamination tests in several municipalities [ 9 ] . The town hall of Futaba refuses to participate in these tests because it is concerned about the problem of storage of radioactive rubble which will result from it [ ten ] .

The , the Japanese government announces its intention to rediscover the exclusion zone in three areas, with different statutes according to their level of radioactivity, which would allow the return of part of the inhabitants [ 11 ] . This announcement worries in particular the authorities of ōkuma and Futaba, because a large part of the territory of these municipalities will probably be classified as prohibited for several years [ twelfth ] .

The , the Japanese Minister of the Environment Gōshi Hosono asks the local authorities of the Futaba district that a discharge be converted temporarily for the storage of contaminated land and other radioactive waste from decontamination work, probably in ōkuma or in Futaba [ 13 ] : “In this district, there are many areas where the annual doses of radiation will exceed 100 millisieverts, and it will be difficult to lower the levels of radioactivity by conventional methods” . The mayor of Futaba, Katsutaka Idogawa, refuses, considering that the construction of such a discharge in his municipality would make it impossible to return from the inhabitants [ 14 ] , and does not present itself to negotiations between local authorities and government which begin the [ 15 ] .

On March 4, 2020, following major decontamination work, the Japanese government partially lifted the restrictions that touched Futaba, authorizing workers to reside there [ 16 ] . But the former inhabitants would not be allowed to return to the site until 2022 [ 17 ] .

The Memorial Museum of the great earthquake in eastern Japan and Fukushima’s nuclear accident ( Great East Japan Earthquake / Nuclear Disaster Tradition Hall ? ) , and the Futaba Business Incubation and Community Center (F-BICC) open in autumn 2020. The town hall reopens on September 5, 2022, and the former residents can return to the city for the first time from October 1, 2022, 25 new social dwellings having been built next to the station [ 18 ] .

  1. ↑ (in) Seiji Kanda, « Behind the myth: A town built on nuclear subsidies, emptied by nuclear disaster »( Archive.org• Wikiwix• Archive.is• Google• What to do ?) , The Asahi Shimbun, (consulted the ) .
  2. ↑ (in) HIROSHI ONITSUKA, « Hooked on Nuclear Power: Japanese State-Local Relations and the Vicious Cycle of Nuclear Dependence »( Archive.org• Wikiwix• Archive.is• Google• What to do ?) , The Asia-Pacific Journal, (consulted the ) .
  3. ↑ (in) ‘ Seismic Damage Information – the 21th Release (As of 20:30 March 13, 2011)» ( Archive.org • Wikiwix • Archive.is • Google • What to do ?) , Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency, (consulted the ) .
  4. ↑ (in) HIROKO TABUCHI, ‘ Japan’s Nuclear Disaster Severs Town’s Economic Lifeline, Setting Evacuees Adrift» , The New York Times, (consulted the ) .
  5. ↑ (in) Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters, Government of Japan, Report of Japanese Government to the IAEA Ministerial Conference on Nuclear Safety : The Accident at TEPCO’s Fukushima Nuclear Power Stations , ( Online presentation , read online ) , chap. IN (« Response to the nuclear emergency ») , p. V-6 to V-7 .
  6. ↑ Nuclear radiation protection and safety institute, Summary of information available on radioactive contamination of the Japanese earthly environment caused by the Fukushima Dai-Ithi accident , ( read online ) .
  7. ↑ Max Streltsov and Oriane Raffin, ‘ Japan: Photo report 3 km from Fukushima-Daïchi » , Art, (consulted the ) .
  8. ↑ Yves Miserey, ‘ Fukushima: certain areas permanently evacuated » , Le Figaro, (consulted the ) .
  9. ↑ (in) ‘ Main Points of the Progress Status of the “Roadmap for Immediate Actions for the Assistance of Residents Affected by the Nuclear Incident”: Main details of the progress made during the term (from mid-November to mid-December) » , Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters, Government of Japan, (consulted the ) .
  10. ↑ (in) Martin Fackler, ‘ Japan’s nuclear cleanup proposal sets goal of ‘going home’» , Taipei Times, (consulted the ) .
  11. ↑ AFP, ‘ Fukushima: the state prepares the return of inhabitants in the evacuated area » , The world, (consulted the ) .
  12. ↑ (in) ‘ Local mayors discontent with plan to reclassify no-entry zones» ( Archive.org • Wikiwix • Archive.is • Google • What to do ?) , THE YOMIURI SHIMBUN, (consulted the ) .
  13. ↑ ‘ Areas where annual radiation doses are expected to exceed 100 millisieverts are concentrated in the county, and it is difficult to lower the radiation levels there through normal decontamination efforts » , source : (in) ‘ Gov’t asks Fukushima to host interim waste storage facility» ( Archive.org • Wikiwix • Archive.is • Google • What to do ?) , THE MAINICHI DAILY NEWS, (consulted the ) .
  14. ↑ (in) ‘ Futaba mayor opposes radioactive soil storage» ( Archive.org • Wikiwix • Archive.is • Google • What to do ?) , NHK World, (consulted the ) .
  15. ↑ (in) ‘ Local govts start discussing waste soil storage» ( Archive.org • Wikiwix • Archive.is • Google • What to do ?) , NHK World, (consulted the ) .
  16. ↑ Anne-Laure Barral, ‘ The greenback. Japan reopens to the inhabitants of the territories close to the Fukushima plant » , on Francetvinfo.fr , (consulted the ) .
  17. ↑ (in) ‘ Japan lifts evacuation order for town hit by Fukushima disaster » , The Guardian , ( read online , consulted the ) .
  18. ↑ ‘ Futaba: rebuild on the memories of the triple catastrophe of Fukushima » , on Nippon.com , (consulted the ) .

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