The Fukushima Dai-ichi NPP Accident and Issues for Reconstruction of Contaminated Regions

Abstract

The Fukushima Dai-ichi NPP accident resulted in widespread radiological contamination, destroying regions that included urbanized districts, communities, agricultural fields, fishery villages, and huge forests. Devastated municipalities had to evacuate inhabitants from contaminated areas as soon as possible, but they couldn't evacuate fast enough due to lack of disaster-related governance by the central government. This paper tries to clarify some of the complicated conditions generated by economical, political and social factors that have been affecting disaster recovery scenarios and to suggest a model based on NERIS, a decision-making platform concerning protective actions for nuclear and radiological emergencies and recovery in Europe.