Dialogue to share current situations of locals near the intermediate storage
facilities in Futaba and Ohkuma Towns and surrounding areas
Continuing the dialogue in cooperation with the International Commission onRadiological Protection (ICRP)
Date: March 11th and 12th, 2017
Venue:March 11 (Sat): Field tour in Futaba Town (pre-registered participants only)
March 12 (Sun): Dialogue in Naraha Town (open to the public)
Organized by Futaba-Ohkuma Dialogue Organizing Committee
Hiroko Yoshida (Tohoku University)
Ryoko Ando (Ethos in Fukushima)
Makoto Miyazaki (Fukushima Medical University)Yujiro Kuroda (Fukushima Medical University)
Haruyuki Ogino (ICRP)
Jacques Lochard (ICRP)
Christopher Clement (ICRP)

With the participation of Ethos in Fukushima, Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear
Safety (IRSN), the Nuclear Protection Evaluation Centre (CEPN) and the OECD Nuclear Energy
Agency (NEA)
Supported by
Simultaneous translation by Hirano Co. Ltd.
Objective:
March 11, 2017 marks the beginning of the seventh year since the Great East Japan Earthquake
and Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident took place. Recovery, in terms ofinfrastructure in areas where people have been living, as well as areas people will soon be able tolive, has progressed well. However, for difficult-to-return zones, recovery progress and plans forthe future have been limited. The struggles felt in evacuation areas are not well known to thegeneral public, and it has been difficult to share the evacuees’ experiences and issues during thistime. Furthermore, the plan to build intermediate storage facilities in Ohkuma and Futaba Towns
is moving forward, with reconstruction bases to be designated there in five years. It is hard to saythat the viewpoints of people living in these places are widely shared across Japan. Japan as awhole not solely Fukushima Prefecture must be prepared to face the long-term consequences ofboth the difficult-to-return zones and the intermediate storage facilities. This dialogue will be an
opportunity for locals to be heard, to voice their difficulties, and to establish a platform forfurther discussion regarding the kind of future that they desire.

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Program:
11 March (Sat): Field tour in Futaba Town
8:008:2310:3012:3014:3016:3018:00-

Start from Tenbounoyado-Tenjin (where we stay)
Tatsuta Station (the train leaves from Iwaki station at 7:53)
Tour of Mr. Shinichi Tanaka’s house in Hosoya Area of Futaba Town
Tour of Community Centre in Sanaza Area of Futaba Town guided by Mr.
Takashi Chigira
End of tour
Arrival on Tenbounoyado-Tenjin
Welcome Reception at Tenbounoyado-Tenjin (no fee)
All participants are welcome to join the reception.

*For restricted access areas, the number of participants is limited. Pre-registration is required.
*Accessible hours are 9:00–17:00.
*Eating and drinking is not permitted. We can drink water in the bus.

12 March (Sun): Dialogue at Aozora Nursery School in Naraha Town (open to the public)
9:30
9:30–9:40
9:40–10:00
10:00–10:20
10:20–10:40
10:40–11:00
11:00–11:20
11:20–11:50
11:50–12:10
12:10–13:10
13:10–14:40

Start of the dialogue (Chair: Jacques Lochard and Ryoko Ando)
Opening remarks (Jacques Lochard)
Reflection of yesterday’s field tour (Ryoko Ando)
General situation of Futaba Towns (Recovery Promotion Section, Futaba Town)
Radiation dose measurement in Ohkuma and Futaba Towns (Hiroko Yoshida)
Coffee breakLand Owners Association of the intermediate storage facilities (YukiharuMonma)
Preservation of dancing of Sanaza Area Futaba Town (Yaeko Hangai)
Life in Sanaza Area (introductory video to be played) Mr. Takashi Chigira
Lunch (lunch box will be provided)
Dialogue (chaired by Jacques Lochard)This dialogue is to share the current situations, issues, and future of the people of Futaba andOhkuma Towns. Each participant will have the opportunity to answer 3–5 minutes of simple
questions prepared by the chair.
Dialogue participants: Takashi Chigira(Futaba Town), Yaeko Hangai(Futaba Town), Yukiharu
Monma(Ohkuma Town), Yoshiharu Monma(Ohkuma Town), Nagahisa Shiga(Ohkuma Town),
Yoichi Ohashi(Futaba Town), Shinichi Tanaka(Futaba Town), Hiroko Yoshida(TohokuUniversity), Noriko Sato(Minamisoma).
14:40–15:20
15:20–15:40
15:40–16:10
16:10–16:20
16:20–16:25

Coffee break
Summary (Thierry Schneider)
General discussions
Closing remarks (Claire Cousins)
Adjourn (Ryoko Ando)

Accommodations:2Tenbounoyado-Tenjin (Maximum capacity of 57)
http://naraha-tenjin.net/cycling-terminal/tenbounoyado-tenjin
Meals:March 11: Lunch will not be provided. Each participant to the field tour will bring their own
provisions. Reception will be held at the Tenbounoyado-Tenjin.
March 12: Lunch will be provided at the dialogue venue.
To news media:
The media will not be permitted to join the field tour on March 11 (Sat). The dialogues on March
12 (Sun) are open to all, and we warmly welcome your presence.

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