Japan established a restricted area around the Fukushima I factory

The area around Japan's Fukushima I nuclear power plant may become a forbidden area for several decades because the concentration of radiation there has reached a very dangerous level.

The Yumiuri daily reported that the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology has measured the requirement for experts to have radioactive concentrations in 50 areas 3 km or less from the Fukushima I nuclear power plant. They concluded that the concentration of radioactivity accumulating in those areas was much greater than the safety threshold. The level of danger can also increase if a major incident occurs in the factory.

Smoke rises from Fukushima I factory on March 21 . (Photo: AP)

So the Japanese government decided to ban people living in areas 3km or less from the factory for a long time, even when the ban on the area with a radius of 20 km around the Fukushima I plant was unloaded. revoke.

Many sources from the government have revealed that the forbidden zone will remain in place for decades.

In April, the Japanese government asked people living in areas with a radius of 20 km around the Fukushima I plant to evacuate. Authorities intend to let people return to the area after the nuclear crisis is controlled and the plant closes in January next year.

The Japanese government is also considering the possibility of building a nuclear waste storage area in the area around the Fukushima I. Factory, Goshi Hosono, the official in charge of resolving the nuclear crisis, inspected the surrounding area. around the factory on August 21 and met the mayor of Okumamachi and Futabamachi cities - two towns close to Fukushima I and Fukushima prefectures.