23 Sep (NucNet): The Japanese government has decided to lift an evacuation order on 1 October 2014 for part of a Fukushima Prefecture village within 20 kilometres of the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear station.
The Japan Atomic Industrial Forum (Jaif) said the government will lift the order for a portion of the village of Kawauchi, the second such case following the lifting in April 2014 of an evacuation order for an area of the city of Tamura.
Some municipalities in the prefecture remain subject to evacuation orders imposed following the March 2011 nuclear accident.
Jaif also said a 14-km section of the National Route 6 road was reopened to traffic on 15 September 2014, in response to requests from local municipalities. The road runs through an area in Futaba and Tomioka Towns in Fukushima Prefecture in which residency is restricted.
Jaif said the decision to reopen followed progress with decontamination work in the area.
