TOKYO--Japanese authorities may, for the first time should strictly implement their evacuation zone around a crippled nuclear plant Wednesday, citing concerns about radiation risks to the residents back to check on their homes.

Approximately 70,000-80,000 people in the 10 towns and villages within 12 miles of the plant Fukushima Dai-ichi lived before 11 March earthquake and tsunami wrecked his power and cooling systems, setting off the worst crisis since the 1986 nuclear disaster at Chernobyl.

Virtually all of the residents leave when the Government ordered the area evacuated on 12 March, but some occasionally have returned and police don't block them legally. There is currently no penalty for violating the zone.

"We consider set ' Note areas ' as an option for actually limiting input" in the zone, first Cabinet Minister Yukio Edano said.

Prime Minister Naoto Kan will meet with local officials and evacuees to discuss the plans during a visit to the stricken region Thursday, Edano said.

Now that the situation in the factory seems to have stabilized somewhat, both residents and authorities consider how to best weather a prolonged evacuation. Residents have requested they be allowed to check their houses and possessions, collecting while government officials are worried about the radiation exposure.

Some police roadblocks on the main roads in the area have set up but only write down license plate numbers of cars.

"There is a realization of a need for a stronger implementation of the space," said Noriyuki Shikata, one of Edano of Deputies. "Both the matter of ... strong enforcement of the area and a realisation of the temporarily go back home is something we need to closely coordinate with local municipalities."

Shikata has no details of how the Government could restrict entry to the area or when the restrictions would be introduced.

"There are also issues relating to non-residents who are entering the area. There are people who can steal things, "he said.

May, who is also a nuclear crisis management center during his trip Thursday will visit, is under fire from the opposition for the Government response to the nuclear crisis. Edano proposed that that plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. should have been better prepared.

"Apart from the question of whether the accident could have predicted, there was not enough preparation on the basis of an anticipation, and there is no mistake about that," he said. "We urge all nuclear operators immediately precautions every possible on the basis of the lesson from the Fukushima nuclear accident, and not wait for the details of the accident were examined.

In a step towards restoration of the crippled plant cooling systems, has TEPCO pumps are highly radioactive water from the basement of one of the turbine buildings to a makeshift storage area. Freeing the factory of pools of polluted water will free access for workers trying to recover from the plant cooling systems, but it may take months.

Still, a high official at the UN nuclear agency suggested the worst of the radiation leaks can be passed.

The total amount of radiation released are expected to be only a "small increase of what it is now" as "things go on as planned," said Dennis Flory, a Deputy Director-General to the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna.

IAEA experts discuss ways to help Japan objectives laid down in a blueprint for ending the crisis that TEPCO released over the weekend. His plans call for the achievement of a cold shutdown of the plant within nine months. But government officials acknowledge that setbacks the timeline could slow down.

In the meantime, TEPCO remains spray of water in the reactors and their spent fuel storage pools to prevent them from overheating and releasing even more radiation.

TEPCO said on Wednesday that it has begun distributing applications for compensation to residents forced to evacuate from their homes around the plant. The company is offering about $ 12,000 per household as interim compensation.

People elsewhere in the disaster zone who lost houses and other damage say help has been slow to materialize.

Meanwhile, trade figures show that Japan exports declined for the first time in 16 months in March, the effects of the disasters that destroyed factories and ports has become corrupt.

Automatic export mainly took a beating, falling by 28%, such as Toyota Motor Corp., Honda Motor Co., and Nissan Motor Co. were forced to suspend production due to lack of parts.

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