The zone radius of 20 km placed around the nuclear power plant in Fukushima becomes, from Thursday, April 21, a prohibited area, to which access will be strictly monitored by the authorities announced on Thursday, April 21 Japanese government. Tens of thousands have been forced to leave the perimeter due to radioactive discharges from the plant damaged by the earthquake and tsunami of 11 March.
Since then, some residents returned home to retrieve their belongings. But from Thursday midnight (local time), they will do so with the approval of the authorities, said the secretary general of the government, Yukio Edano. "We will take strict legal measures against those who attempt to enter the area," he threatened.
Violators will be fined up to 100,000 yen (835 euros) or a period of detention. "Regarding the people, I can only [apply to the authorities] to [comprehensive] so that no prosecution is brought against them," said Edano at a press conference. By inspecting thousands of homes, police found more than sixty families were still living there despite the risks associated with radiation.
Approximately 28,000 people are dead or missing in the disaster of 11 March, and tens of thousands of people lost their homes. Earlier this week, they were still 130 000 to live in makeshift shelters, according to official figures. Each refugee family outside of this perimeter will have the right, in the weeks to come, to send one of its members, only two hours to recover abandoned property at his former home.
It will be equipped with protective clothing and a personal dosimeter to measure radioactivity. Families whose homes are located within 3 km of the plant will not benefit from this very limited right of return. The operator of the plant, TEPCO group, estimates that it will take about three months to begin to reduce the radioactivity and between six and nine months to cool the reactors.
The severity of the accident at the nuclear plant in Fukushima was paid last week at 7, the maximum level on the International Nuclear Event Scale (INES), the same as the Chernobyl accident in 1986. The environmental organization Greenpeace, for its part has announced that its flagship vessel, the Rainbow Warrior, was sailing around the plant in late April for testing in the Pacific Ocean, where the radioactive water 's has elapsed since the accident.
The Australian Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, who is on a four-day visit in the archipelago, has promised about it in Japan "with a friend." "Japan can continue to count on Australia as a reliable source of supply in these difficult times," she said, pointing to energy resources, but also "rare earths" required in the tech industry . 
Since then, some residents returned home to retrieve their belongings. But from Thursday midnight (local time), they will do so with the approval of the authorities, said the secretary general of the government, Yukio Edano. "We will take strict legal measures against those who attempt to enter the area," he threatened.
Violators will be fined up to 100,000 yen (835 euros) or a period of detention. "Regarding the people, I can only [apply to the authorities] to [comprehensive] so that no prosecution is brought against them," said Edano at a press conference. By inspecting thousands of homes, police found more than sixty families were still living there despite the risks associated with radiation.
Approximately 28,000 people are dead or missing in the disaster of 11 March, and tens of thousands of people lost their homes. Earlier this week, they were still 130 000 to live in makeshift shelters, according to official figures. Each refugee family outside of this perimeter will have the right, in the weeks to come, to send one of its members, only two hours to recover abandoned property at his former home.
It will be equipped with protective clothing and a personal dosimeter to measure radioactivity. Families whose homes are located within 3 km of the plant will not benefit from this very limited right of return. The operator of the plant, TEPCO group, estimates that it will take about three months to begin to reduce the radioactivity and between six and nine months to cool the reactors.
The severity of the accident at the nuclear plant in Fukushima was paid last week at 7, the maximum level on the International Nuclear Event Scale (INES), the same as the Chernobyl accident in 1986. The environmental organization Greenpeace, for its part has announced that its flagship vessel, the Rainbow Warrior, was sailing around the plant in late April for testing in the Pacific Ocean, where the radioactive water 's has elapsed since the accident.
The Australian Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, who is on a four-day visit in the archipelago, has promised about it in Japan "with a friend." "Japan can continue to count on Australia as a reliable source of supply in these difficult times," she said, pointing to energy resources, but also "rare earths" required in the tech industry .
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