Suttsu, Hokkaido – Residents of the Hokkaido town of Suttsu expressed anxiety on Saturday after survey results were presented regarding where to build a final disposal site for high-level radioactive …
Workers inspect the Repository in ONKALO, a deep geological disposal underground facility, designed to safely store nuclear waste, on May 2, 2023, on the island of Eurajoki, western Finland. Jonathan …
Tokyo Electric Power Co. will start a demonstration project as early as Thursday to remove a small amount of radioactive debris from its wrecked nuclear power plant in Fukushima. The …
Genkai, Saga Pref. – Mayor Shintaro Wakiyama of Genkai, Saga Prefecture, said Friday that the town will accept a so-called literature survey to determine whether it is suitable to host …
Kaminoseki, Yamaguchi Pref. – Chugoku Electric Power started a drilling survey Tuesday in the town of Kaminoseki in Yamaguchi Prefecture for the possible construction of an interim storage facility for …
Industry minister Ken Saito has asked the mayor of the town of Genkai in Saga Prefecture to accept a so-called literature survey, as part of the process for selecting a …
Genkai, Saga Pref. – The assembly of Genkai, Saga Prefecture, approved a petition Friday to accept a “literature survey” to examine the town’s suitability for hosting a final disposal site …
Genkai, Saga Pref. – A special committee of a Saga Prefecture town assembly is expected to approve a petition to accept a “literature survey” for a possible final disposal site …
MAILUU-SUU, Kyrgyzstan – Dams holding vast amounts of uranium mine tailings above the fertile Fergana valley in Central Asia are unstable, threatening a possible Chernobyl-scale nuclear disaster if they collapse …
The industry ministry has named two areas in the northern prefecture of Hokkaido as candidates for the second stage of a process to select final disposal sites for highly radioactive …