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Nursery School Teacher: Tepco worker told us to flee large city 60km from meltdowns — “He suggested maybe we would be affected physically by radiation”

Published: March 12th, 2012 at 12:42 am ET
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Title: Fukushima couple at nuclear protest – Regional -
Source: Luton Today, Press Association Ltd
Date: March 12, 2012

“One year ago we used to live in Fukushima city, about 60km away from the nuclear plant,” [Makoto] Ishiyama, 32, said.

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Mr Ishiyama, who used to be a nursery school teacher and now works as a graphic designer, said: [...]

“At the beginning the Government said it was safe for people, but one of my friends worked at the Tokyo electric company and he suggested maybe we would be affected physically by the radiation so it was better to evacuate and not to eat some local produce [...]

“We don’t want to give a risk to our future children and we are concerned about the future radiation risk. We don’t want to regret it in the future so decided to flee the city.”

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Published: March 12th, 2012 at 12:42 am ET
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