Japanese people were given anti-radiation drugs

Activities to distribute anti-radioactive drugs to people are being carried out in the area of ​​Sendai nuclear power plant expected to be restarted this year.

People living near the Sendai nuclear plant, within a 5km radius, began receiving anti-radiation medicine from July 26. Health workers in Satsumasendai city and Kagoshima prefecture said they had given medicine to about 4,700 local people, including children from the age of three. Anti-radiation pills will help limit the accumulation of radiation in the body.

Sendai nuclear plant is located on Kyoshu island, about 1,000km from Tokyo. According to experts, the area has been tested according to new safety standards and can be operated in the next few months.

An old man was receiving anti-radioactive drugs, during the drug distribution program in Kyushu island, southern Japan.(Photo: AFP)

AFP said, this activity demonstrates the Japanese government's interest in the impact of nuclear energy after the Fukushima crisis in 2011. The plan to restart two nuclear plants was implemented despite stumbling. many objections.

The Japanese Nuclear Regulatory Authority announced last month to restart two reactors at the Sendai plant, after the area was confirmed to be safe enough to resume operation. This is considered a big step forward, aiming to re-launch many nuclear plants that have been suspended for the past three years.

According to experts, the re-launch of a nuclear plant outside Sendai may become a major challenge for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Earlier, Mr Abe said that the world's third-largest economy would continue to use energy that was once the main source of supply in the country.

Opinions against nuclear power have become increasingly popular in Japan since the Fukushima disaster in March 2011. After this crisis, many forbidden areas still exist so far, cleanup activities are expected to last for many years. Meanwhile, thousands of people have to move to other places and may never return to their place of residence.