Fukushima evacuation split 50% of families: survey

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Source: Kyodo

Nearly half of the families that fled from Fukushima Prefecture when the nuclear crisis began three years ago have been separated by housing problems, work requirements and children’s educational needs, according to a recent survey of the prefecture.

Although municipal governments in the exclusion zone have undertaken similar studies in the past, this was the first to cover the whole prefecture, including those forced to evacuate and those who left of their own volition.

The prefectural government sent questionnaires to 62,812 families and received replies from 20,680. The results of the survey were released Monday.

Nearly 49 percent of the households were intact before the accident are no longer under the same roof, the survey said.

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Read more: http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/05/04/national/fukushima-evacuation-split-50-of-families-survey/

[Crash2Parties]

1. Why did they evacuate at all?

According to Forbes and the UN,

"No discernible increased incidence of radiation-related health effects are expected among exposed members of the public or their descendants."

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesconca/2014/05/04/cancer-and-death-by-radiation-not-from-fukushima/

So, really this whole evacuation thingy was obviously just a big overreaction. A misunderstanding, really. I mean, it's not like a single particle stuck in your lung or incorporated into your bone instead of calcium could cause negative health effects. Likewise, it's not like peer reviewed papers and reports from TEPCO have found in powdered form what were once fuel rods...all over Fukushima and far beyond.

[proverbialwisdom]

2. You forgot this.