Residents of town near Fukushima Daiichi return home

Residents of town near Fukushima Daiichi return home

TAMURA, Japan - Evacuees from the town of Okuma, where the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is partially located, put on radiation protection suits to prepare for a brief visit home on June 4, 2011, in Tamura, Fukushima Prefecture. The residents living within 7 to 10 kilometers from the facility returned home briefly for the first time since being forced to evacuate due to radiation leaks at the plant, triggered by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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