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Fukushima Schools To Reopen; Largely Empty
Topic Started: 25 Jul 2012, 01:43 AM (42 Views)
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FUKUSHIMA SCHOOLS TO REOPEN; LARGELY EMPTY

JULY 24, 2012

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A town in Fukushima Prefecture is expecting only 18 percent of children to return to local schools when they reopen for the first time since last year’s nuclear accident.

The town of Hirono is located 20 to 25 kilometers from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Most residents evacuated after the March 11th disaster.

Town authorities began calling for their return after an evacuation advisory was lifted last September.

Elementary and junior high schools are due to reopen in late August. The town’s Board of Education says 517 children attended the schools before the nuclear accident.

But the Board’s recent survey showed that parents of just 95 kids — or about 18 percent — were willing to send their children back to the town’s schools.

The survey also showed that about 70 percent of the returning children are due to commute from evacuation sites outside the town, due partly to radiation concerns.

Low attendance is also reported at other schools that have reopened in former evacuation zones in Fukushima.

source: fukushimaupdate.com
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