Evacuation order lifted in Fukushima nuclear plant town after 11 yrs

An evacuation order imposed due to high radiation levels was lifted Thursday in part of a town hosting the Fukushima nuclear power plant, allowing residents to return home permanently for the first time since the March 2011 nuclear disaster.Restrictions in a "difficult-to-return" zone in Okuma were lifted at 9 a.m., making it the first of the two municipalities that host Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s Fukushima Daiichi plant in northeastern Japan to do so.The district of about 8.6-square kilometers including the area around JR Ono Station was redesignated as a reconstruction a…READ FULL ARTICLE