２０年代に全域避難解除へ　福島の帰還困難区域、方針決定―政府

　政府は３１日、復興推進会議・原子力災害対策本部の合同会合を開き、東京電力福島第１原発事故の帰還困難区域のうち避難指示解除の見通しが立っていない福島県内の地域について、２０２０年代に希望者全員が帰還できるよう解除する基本方針を正式決定した。
　首相官邸で開かれた会合で、菅義偉首相は「この方針に基づいて、地元と十分に議論しつつ除染を行い、希望する全ての住民の方々が帰還できるように避難指示解除を進める」と述べた。
　帰還困難区域のうち、２２～２３年の避難解除を目指す「特定復興再生拠点区域」（復興拠点）は面積全体の約８％にとどまる。復興拠点以外の地域には約２万人が住民登録しており、政府が解除について具体的方針を示すのは初めて。（2021/08/31-11:46）

The Japanese government decided Tuesday to lift this decade all evacuation orders in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, imposed following the March 2011 nuclear accident at Fukushima No. 1 power plant.
   The joint meeting of the Reconstruction Promotion Council and the Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters formally decided on the basic plan to allow all former residents of areas under evacuation orders to return if they wish in the 2020s.
   Such orders are in place near the Fukushima No. 1 plant of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. , which suffered triple meltdowns following a major earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011.
   "On the basis of this plan, we'll carry out decontamination work while holding adequate discussions with the local communities, so that we can lift evacuation orders to allow all residents to return if they wish to do so," Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said at the meeting.
   Of the areas still designated as difficult-to-return zones, districts that are expected to see evacuation orders lifted in 2022 or 2023 make up only around 8 pct of the total land area. Some 20,000 people are registered as residents of the remaining areas in the difficult-to-return zones.