Download This PaperWhy Did so Few Refugees Return to the Fukushima Fallout-Impacted Region after Remediation? An Interdisciplinary Case Study from Iitate Village, Japan
29 Pages Posted: 18 Jul 2022
Abstract
Highlights· Iitate Village in the residence-restricted area around Fukushima for 6 years. Forest covering 74% of the surface area remain contaminated.· Less than 10% of the population returned since the reopening in April 2017· Priority to agricultural recovery although <2% of cropland is recultivated· Difficulties to mitigate loneliness of returned inhabitants and lack of public facilities
Keywords: Nuclear accident, cesium-137, post-accidental stress, Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP), disaster resiliency
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Asanuma-Brice, Cécile and Evrard, Olivier and Chalaux, Thomas G., Why Did so Few Refugees Return to the Fukushima Fallout-Impacted Region after Remediation? An Interdisciplinary Case Study from Iitate Village, Japan. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4165438
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