JapanToday: Japan News and Discussion ジャパントゥデイ:日本のニュースを英語で読む Japan News and Discussion print MAEBASHI — The governments of three prefectures neighboring Fukushima began preparations Tuesday to take in people fleeing radiation leaks at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, as evacuees voiced concern over the unfolding crisis. In the city of Yonezawa, Yamagata, many of those arriving are seeking medical tests to check the radiation levels to which they have been exposed, officials said. At the city’s public health centers, officials are giving priority to evacuees who have fled areas within a 20-kilometer radius of the nuclear plant battling to contain high-level radiation leaks. The Yamagata prefectural government started compiling a list of facilities that can be used as shelters, and the Gunma government said it is ready to take in evacuees at some 190 public housing units. Some municipal governments have already started accepting them. ‘‘We are working to determine how many evacuees we can take in and which facilities we can use as shelters,
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