Tomioka, Fukushima

is a Japanese town in Fukushima Prefecture on the island of Honshu.

History
Tomioka is close to Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. The town is inside the 20 km exclusion zone which was created after the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011.Harada, Koji.  "Nuclear zone holdouts, old dog ‘Miracle’ live on,"  The Japan Times. November 28, 2012. Retrieved 2013-3-12.  Animals still live in the  Tomioka "no-go zone"."Animals in Fukushima no-go zone," Kyodo News. 13 March 2013. Retrieved 2013-3-13. 

The Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Plant is partly in Tomioka. The town government has moved temporarily to Kōriyama since 17 March 2011.

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Related pages
 Futaba, Fukushima
 Kawauchi, Fukushima
 Namie, Fukushima
 Ōkuma, Fukushima
 Tamura, Fukushima

References

Category:Towns in Fukushima Prefecture