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21 Février 2015
February 21, 2015
Workers wearing protective gear put compressed radioactive waste into a protective storage bag in March 2013 at a temporary storage site in Naraha, Fukushima Prefecture, inside the restricted zone near the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. | AP
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FUKUSHIMA – The Fukushima prefectural government may in the coming week approve the delivery of radioactive soil and other waste at interim storage facilities that are under construction, sources said Saturday.
Government Minister Yoshio Mochizuki, who plans to visit the prefecture around Wednesday, according to the sources.
The prefectural government has begun discussing the timing with Futaba and one of the towns hosting the facilities, Okuma, they said.
Work to build the facilities began earlier in February after the prefectural government agreed to the construction last August. But the prefectural government has yet to approve the delivery of waste collected during decontamination work following the 2011 nuclear crisis, saying it is a separate decision.
The central government aims to begin such transportation by March 11, the fourth anniversary of the disaster at Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power station.
Under the government’s plan, the radioactive waste will be kept in the interim facilities in the Fukushima towns of Futaba and Okuma and will be permanently disposed of outside the prefecture within 30 years, as requested by the prefectural government.
The prefectural government has called on the state for legislation ensuring that the waste will get final disposal outside Fukushima Prefecture within 30 years.
The site for final disposal of the waste has yet to be decided.
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FUKUSHIMA, Japan (Kyodo) -- The Fukushima prefectural government may approve next week the delivery of radioactively contaminated soil and other waste, collected during decontamination work following the 2011 nuclear crisis, to interim storage facilities under construction in the prefecture, sources familiar with the matter said Saturday.
Fukushima Gov. Masao Uchibori may declare the acceptance during a meeting with Environment Minister Yoshio Mochizuki, who plans to visit the prefecture around next Wednesday, according to the sources.
The prefectural government has begun discussing the timing with Futaba and Okuma, the town hosting the sites, they said.
Work to build the facilities began earlier in February after the prefectural government agreed with the construction in August last year.
But the prefectural government has yet to approve the delivery, saying decisions on the two issues are separate.
The central government aims to begin such transportation by March 11 this year on the fourth anniversary of the disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station of Tokyo Electric Power Co.
Under the government plan, the radioactively contaminated waste will be kept in the interim facilities in the towns of Futaba and Okuma in Fukushima Prefecture and will be permanently disposed of outside the prefecture within 30 years, as requested by the Fukushima prefectural government in accepting the storage.
The prefectural government has called on the state for legislation assuring the waste will be put to final disposal outside Fukushima Prefecture within 30 years.
The site for final disposal of the radioactive waste has yet to be decided.
February 21, 2015(Mainichi Japan)
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