The mayor of Iitate-mura (village) was on television talking about how the villagers are going to have to be refugees for the next couple of years but he hopes everyone can return home after that. Which strikes me as seriously misguided.
When the people of Iitate-mura went to refugee centers, they said they wanted to go with friends and neighbors. But this “friends and neighbors” is surely not everyone from the whole village. Because the “village” is more like a township. Even though the population was just a little over 6,000, the village/township spread out over 230 square kilometers. Which means it was not one densely populated village. Rather it was a collection of hamlets and enclaves.
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And what happens to the Iitate-mura area if these people do not come back? That’s not the question. Realistically, that’s the reality. Radiation is not going to go away in two years. This is a long-term problem, and one best dealt with by declaring the entire area (Iitate-mura and more) a National Park and simply saying that people are not allowed to live there – with the possible exception of the Tepco Park Rangers.