復興拠点、来月１２日避難指示解除　初めて住民帰還可能に―福島・葛尾村

　福島県葛尾村や政府などは１６日、東京電力福島第１原発事故による帰還困難区域のうち、村内の「特定復興再生拠点区域」（復興拠点）について、来月１２日に避難指示を解除することで合意したと発表した。解除されれば、帰還困難区域で住民が再び暮らせるようになる初のケースとなる。
　村と政府の原子力災害現地対策本部、県が村役場で記者会見し明らかにした。（2022/05/16-17:37）

Japan will lift on June 12 an evacuation order for a Fukushima Prefecture district that has been in place since the 2011 nuclear disaster.
   The district in the northeastern village of Katsurao, designated as a specified reconstruction and revitalization base, will become the first area in the so-called difficult-to-return zone to host permanent residents again.
   The central government's nuclear disaster response headquarters, as well as the Katsurao village and Fukushima prefectural governments, announced an agreement on the removal of the order at a news conference in the village office.
   In 2011, all Katsurao residents were ordered to evacuate due to the triple meltdown at Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant in the prefecture.
   Later, the evacuation order was lifted for most of the village. Still, the Noyuki district, which is some 1,600 hectares and accounts for some 20 pct of the village, remains designated the difficult-to-return zone due to high radiation levels.