Reply #3: The problems with extending evacuation zones

[Art_from_Ark]

Extension of evacuation zones will exponentially increase the number of evacuees. For example, if you extend the evacuation zone a little farther to the NW, it will start to include Fukushima City, which has 300,000 residents. Extending the evacuation area a little to the south would include Iwaki, the largest city in Fukushima, which has a population of 360,000+.

So,
1) Where do you send evacuees?
2) What do you do about people who don't want to leave?

Sending these people outside of Fukushima Prefecture might cause some problems because of prejudices against people exposed to radiation. For example, the mayor of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, issued an apology on the city's web site about alleged discrimination against Fukushima evacuees in his city. And there have been documented incidents of discrimination against Fukushima evacuees in other places.