 Location of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan Japanese officials have admitted for the first time that certain radiation-stricken areas around the crippled may remain uninhabitable for decades. Japanese media this week reported that embattled Prime Minister  is to visit affected areas within days to tell residents and local officials that it will remain too dangerous to return to parts of Fukushima Prefecture in the foreseeable future. Although the plant operator, the  , has recently claimed radiation leaks from all three reactors have declined, concern continues to mount over the true scale of contamination. Scientists have detected widespread contamination of topsoil on agricultural land, further jeopardising the future habitability of significant areas, and uncertainty remains as to the true extent of radioactivity in numerous areas.
Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in 2002 Location of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan Japanese officials have admitted for the first time that certain radiation-stricken areas around the crippled may remain uninhabitable for decades. Japanese media this week reported that embattled Prime Minister Naoto Kan is to visit affected areas within days to tell residents and local officials that it will remain too dangerous to return to parts of Fukushima Prefecture in the foreseeable future. Although the plant operator, the Tokyo Electric Power Company , has recently claimed radiation leaks from all three reactors have declined, concern continues to mount over the true scale of contamination. Scientists have detected widespread contamination of topsoil on agricultural land, further jeopardising the future habitability of significant areas, and uncertainty remains as to the true extent of radioactivity in numerous areas.
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Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in 2002
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Naoto Kan
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Tokyo Electric Power Company