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Japan Ministers discuss high-level nuclear waste dump

NHK — Dec 17
Japan’s cabinet ministers held their first talks on the contentious topic of finding a site for the disposal of high-level nuclear waste.

The industry and science ministers were among the participants at Tuesday’s meeting.

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wants the government to take the initiative on the issue.

The government is planning to bury highly radioactive waste from nuclear power plants deep underground. But it has yet to find a municipality that’s willing to host such a repository.

政府は「最終処分関係閣僚会議」の初会合を開き、高レベル放射性廃棄物の最終処分地選­定を国が主導する方針を決定した。

News sources: NHK, FNNnewsCH

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December 17, 2013 - Posted by | Uncategorized

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