Lifting of evacuation order formalized for Fukushima plant host town

The government formally decided to partially lift from next Wednesday a mandatory evacuation order for residents of a town that hosts the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, citing the lower radiation levels achieved through decontamination work.The town of Okuma, which had all of its roughly 10,000 residents evacuate after one of the world's worst nuclear disasters triggered by a deadly earthquake and tsunami, will allow former residents to return for the first time in eight years, the government decided Friday.Futaba, the other town that hosts the plant, remains a no-go zone.D…READ FULL ARTICLE