道路や墓で避難指示解除　富岡町の帰還困難区域―福島

　東京電力福島第１原発事故に伴う帰還困難区域のうち、特定復興再生拠点区域（復興拠点）に指定されている福島県富岡町の墓地や幹線道路などの避難指示が３０日、解除された。周辺での居住は不可能だが、通行や墓参が自由にできるようになった。
　対象は富岡町東部の小良ケ浜、深谷両地区にある墓地３カ所、集会所２カ所、下水処理施設１カ所と、それらを結ぶ幹線道路計約７キロ。
　避難指示が解除される午前９時に合わせ、通行を規制していたゲートが撤去され、警察官や町の消防団員らがパトロールに出発した。
　山本育男町長は「今回の指示解除は両地区にとって大きな一歩だ。住民帰還に向け、可能な限り広範囲な除染の計画を進めていく」と述べた。（2023/11/30-10:44）

Japan on Thursday lifted its nuclear disaster evacuation order in part of the Fukushima Prefecture town of Tomioka near Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s meltdown-stricken Fukushima No. 1 power plant.
   The order was removed for a district designated as a reconstruction base in the so-called difficult-to-return zone, where entry is strictly restricted because radiation levels remain high more than 12 years after the triple meltdown at the northeastern plant following the March 2011 temblor and tsunami.
   The district in question, straddling the Oragahama and Fukaya areas, has three cemeteries, two meeting places and a sewage plant as well as 7 kilometers of public roads connecting these facilities.
   The removal has allowed residents to pass through and visit these places freely while they cannot live there.
   At 9 a.m., when the evacuation order was lifted, the gates that had restricted traffic were removed. Local police officers and firefighters entered the district for patrol.