It wasn’t long ago I read that there was still dangerous levels of radiation in the air but just a little time later the town of Okuma has encouraged it’s residence to return. It says it faces an uphill battle to rebuild more than half of its known 10,000 registered residence, most of whom have decided against returning.

More than 160,000 people were evacuated as a result of the worlds worst nuclear disaster in a quarter of a century. Since then the restricted area has gradually shrunk leaving just 339 square km (131 square miles) left to be released from the evacuation order.

It begs the question why is this so different to Hiroshima, Nagasaki or latterly Chernobyl in Russia. I was advised its all to do with the fact that those atomic bombs were dropped from great heights and the matter disbursed over a larger area whereas the nuclear material at Fukushima was well controlled in the immediate days after the incident.

I wasn’t long after the incident I read all sorts about contaminated fish drinking the water in the pacific ocean which was causing a huge risk to the fish supplies in the region.

The widespread issue is of course still a grave situation however its reported that many of the towns once in the evacuation zone now have very safe levels of radiation not deemed dangerous to life.

I must say I think i would give that little town a wide birth off my Bucket list. I would love to hear your thoughts?