Fukushima Mayor: ‘Insulation materials were falling like large snowflakes. I knew we were finished’
By arevamirpal::laprimavera
11 February 2012 Mayor Idogawa says he knew it was the end. Journalist Hiromichi Ugaya compiled a togetter of the press conference by the mayor of Futaba-machi on 11 February 2012. Futaba-machi is where part of Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant is located (Reactors 5, 6). The town’s function has been moved to Kazo City in Saitama Prefecture, and the mayor, Katsutaka Idogawa, is now demanding that his town of about 7,400 residents be relocated instead of “decontaminated”. Ugaya says Mayor Idogawa held three separate press conferences, one for TV, one for newspapers, and one for independent journalists. I haven’t looked carefully yet, but I don’t see any coverage at the websites of major newspapers. Mayor Idogawa said:
- There was no instruction from the government as to where to evacuate, or how to evacuate.
- The town was not told of the vent, and the vent was carried out while there were lots of people still in town.
- What looked to be the insulation materials from the plant fell like snowflakes on them, and he knew they were finished.
The following is my translation of most of the remarks by Mayor Idogawa, as tweeted by Ugaya, who was at the conference: Current situation of Futaba-machi in exile, as narrated by the journalist Ugaya: […]
