Japan Times is reporting that the Japanese Government has now recommended evacuations for many areas OUTSIDE the 20km exclusion zone. Calling the areas "radioactive hot spots" the evacuations are not mandatory...yet. Needless to say, by the time the federal officials finally recommend evacuation of a contaminated nuclear area, it is likely already months too late.
Japan Times:
The government said Thursday it will recommend the evacuation of residents living in radioactive hot spots outside the no-entry zone around the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant.
In-depth monitoring by the government found the hot spots outside the 20-km evacuation zone in numerous places, including in Date and Minamisoma in Fukushima Prefecture where levels of radiation exceeded the equivalent of 20 millisieverts per year.
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