the town of naraha is the first among 11 municipalities within the zone to get a cleanup.kers are focusing on roads and public facilities that are vital for daily life. they're using power washers to decontaminate what they can. they say this can reduce radioactivity by about 80%. in the town of tom yoke ka, workers checked radiation levels along the joban expressway ahead of decontamination operations. >> we should face the fact that the procedure will be slow, but we have to speed things up so troubled residents can return home as soon as possible. >> but many residents fear the homecoming is a long way off. decontaminating homes may take until the summer to start. >>> it's been almost a year since the nuclear accident at fukushima daiichi. only two of japan's 54 nuclear reactors are currently running, but even these are to be shut down by late april. an nhk survey has found that nearly 80% of the municipalities that host or are near nuclear power plants are wary about resuming activities at those nuclear reactors that are offline for inspections. the study covered 20 pr

the town of naraha is the first within the municipality to get a cleanup.orkers are focusing on roads and public facilities vital for daily life. they're using power washers to decontaminate what they can. they say it can reduce radioactivity by about 80%. workers checked radiation levels on a closed section of the joban expressway ahead of decontamination operations>> translator: we should face the fact that the procedure will be slow, but we have to speed things up so troubled residents can return as soon as possible. >> but many residents fear their homecoming may still be a long way off. the decontamination of many private homes is not expected to begin before summer. >>> it has been almost a year since the nuclear accident at fukushima daiichi. only two of japan's 54 nuclear reactors are currently running, but even these are to be shut down by late april. an nhk survey has found nearly 80% of the municipalities that housed or are near nuclear power plants are wary about resuming. the survey covered 20 prefectures with 122 cities, towns and villages out

the town of naraha is the first to get a cleanup. workers are focussing on roads and public facilities that are vital for daily life. they're using power washers to decontaminate what they can. they say this can reduce radioactivity by 80%. in another town workers checked radiation levels around sections of an expressway ahead of the operations. >> translator: we should face the fact that the procedure will be slow. but we have to speed things up so troubled residents can return home as soon as possible. >> it is feared any homecoming is still a long way off. decontaminating private homes may take until this summer to start. the job requires the permission of each home other than and there are ongoing challenges restoring water and electricity as many lines remain damaged. it has been almost a year since nuclear accident at the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant. only two of japan's 54 nuclear reactors are currently running, but even these are to be shut down by late april. an nhk survey has found that nearly 80% of muns plities n