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BOOKLET to Provide Basic Information Regarding Health Effects of Radiation (6th edition)
Chapter 9 Efforts toward Environment Restoration after the Accident 9.5 Reconstruction and Revitalization from the Accident

Development of Specified Reconstruction and Revitalization Base Areas and Radiological Protection Measures Therefor

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As radiation doses have decreased in some Restricted Areas, the national government published its policy in August 2016 to develop “reconstruction bases with the aim of lifting evacuation orders and permitting inhabitation in such areas within around five years in light of the status of decreases in radiation doses.” In response, the Act on Special Measures for the Reconstruction and Revitalization of Fukushima was amended in May 2017 and the System for Specified Reconstruction and Revitalization Base Areas (SRRBA) was established thereby. Regarding SRRBA, Reconstruction and Revitalization Plans formulated by Futaba Town, Okuma Town, Namie Town, Tomioka Town, Iitate Village, and Katsurao Village were approved by the Prime Minister from 2017 to 2018, and their development had been promoted. As a result, evacuation orders were lifted for the SRRBA in Katsurao Village and Okuma Town in June 2022, in Futaba Town in August 2022, in Namie Town in March 2023, in Tomioka Town (Yonomori and Osuge Districts) in April 2023, in Iitate Village in May 2023, and in Tomioka Town (in Oragahama and Fukaya Districts) in November 2023. Evacuation orders were thus lifted for the entirety of the SRRBA.

  • Included in this reference material on March 31, 2020
  • Updated on March 31, 2025
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