Evacuation order lifted in Fukushima nuclear plant town

Evacuation order lifted in Fukushima nuclear plant town

Photo taken from a drone on Aug. 30, 2022, shows the Fukushima Prefecture town of Futaba, northeastern Japan, that co-hosts the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant (top). An evacuation order was partially lifted allowing the return of residents to the town at midnight Aug. 29, about 11 and a half years after the March 2011 nuclear crisis.

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