Two nuclear reactors have passed safety checks and gotten the Japanese government's approval to resume generating power. But communities around the Ohi plant in western Japan don't feel ready.
If the reactors plunged into a Fukushima-like meltdown, the only route to escape or send help would be a road closed by snow in winter or clogged by beachgoers in summer.
Radiation leaks could contaminate a lake that provides fresh water to more than 14 million people. There's no contingency plan.
The Ohi plant's neighbors aren't alone. New guidelines expand evacuation zones from 10 kilometers (6 miles) to 30 kilometers (18 miles) around the reactors.
Government officials and nuclear regulators tell The Associated Press most Japanese communities within the new zones don't have adequate plans.