Ōkuma, Fukushima Prefecture

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Ōkuma, Fukushima Prefecture is a coastal Japanese town best known as one of the sites hosting the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant and being heavily affected by the 2011 nuclear disaster.

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instanceOf municipality of Japan
town
administrativeDivisionType town
affectedBy radioactive fallout
borderedBy Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture
Kawauchi, Fukushima Prefecture
Tamura, Fukushima Prefecture
Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture
climateClassification humid subtropical climate
country Japan
countrySubdivision Fukushima Prefecture NERFINISHED
dateOfNuclearEvacuationOrder 2011-03-12
disasterCategory nuclear disaster-affected municipality
evacuationOrderIssuedBy Government of Japan
evacuationReason radioactive contamination from Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant
governingBody Ōkuma town government
hasCoastlineOn Pacific Ocean
hasRailAccessBefore2011 Jōban Line NERFINISHED
hasReconstructionPlan post-Fukushima disaster reconstruction plan
hostsFacility Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant
locatedIn Fukushima Prefecture NERFINISHED
Futaba District, Fukushima Prefecture
Honshu
Tohoku
surface form: Tōhoku region
locatedInFormerProvince Mutsu Province NERFINISHED
locatedInIslandNation Japan
locatedOn Pacific coast of Japan
mayorTitle Mayor of Ōkuma
nativeName 大熊町
notableFor hosting Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant
large-scale evacuation after 2011 nuclear disaster
officialName Ōkuma-machi
partiallyHostsFacility Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Plant
partialReturnOfResidentsPermitted true
partOf Fukushima exclusion zone
prefecturalCapital Fukushima City
surface form: Fukushima (city)
primaryEconomicActivitiesBefore2011 agriculture
fishing
nuclear power industry
railOperatorBefore2011 East Japan Railway Company
regionCapital Sendai
returnOfResidentsBegan 2019
timeZone Japan Standard Time
utcOffset +09:00
wasHeavilyAffectedBy 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster
writingSystem Japanese

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Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster location Ōkuma, Fukushima Prefecture
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant locatedIn Ōkuma, Fukushima Prefecture
Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture bordersMunicipality Ōkuma, Fukushima Prefecture
Fukushima Daiichi Unit 2 location Ōkuma, Fukushima Prefecture
this entity surface form: Ōkuma, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
Fukushima Daiichi Unit 3 location Ōkuma, Fukushima Prefecture
this entity surface form: Ōkuma, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
Fukushima Daiichi Unit 4 locatedIn Ōkuma, Fukushima Prefecture