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21 Décembre 2012
Govt. to delay choosing nuclear waste storage site
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20121221_36.html
Japan's government is likely to lag behind schedule in choosing storage sites for soil and waste contaminated with radiation from the nuclear accident in Fukushima.
The Environment Ministry on Friday began accepting applications from contractors to conduct environmental assessments at candidate sites in Fukushima Prefecture.
The ministry plans to select the contractors by early February. The surveys are expected to take several months, meaning that the ministry will be unable to decide on the locations by the end of March as planned.
The prefectural government and municipalities around the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant decided to accept the surveys last month.
But some local authorities and residents oppose the surveys. The ministry says it will continue to try to persuade opponents of the plan.
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