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Education campaign to start on nuke waste disposal

March 8, 2015

Gov't to hold campaign on nuclear waste disposal sites

http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20150308p2g00m0dm026000c.html

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government is planning to carry out an education campaign in major cities nationwide about the necessity of building facilities for the final disposal of high-level nuclear waste generated at power plants, sources close to the matter said Saturday.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's administration is looking to restart nuclear plants shut down after the March 2011 Fukushima Daiichi accident, and has faced criticism over promoting nuclear power without resolving where the waste should ultimately be disposed.

Symposiums are planned for Sapporo, Sendai, Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka, Fukuoka and roughly four other cities, hosted by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry together with the Nuclear Waste Management Organization of Japan, which had previously been solely responsible for the disposal plan.

NUMO had held symposiums in Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya in the 2013 fiscal year and in 30 of the country's 47 prefectural capitals in the following year, but participation was weak, with an average of 60 people turning up to each symposium.

Its staff will now be joined by ministry officials explaining the disposal plan, as well as representatives of power companies if deemed necessary, the sources said.

The government is also considering launching an information campaign on social networking services, with the details to be discussed at an economy ministry task force meeting set for Tuesday, the sources said.

The current disposal policy, adopted in 2008, calls for waste to be vitrified and placed in facilities deep underground. Revisions to the policy at the end of the month are expected to include the selection of candidate sites on scientific grounds, without waiting for local authorities to volunteer to host the facilities.

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Government to start campaign on nuclear waste disposal sites

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Education campaign to start on nuke waste disposal

Protesters hold up placards at a rally Sunday in Tokyo to denounce atomic power plants. | AFP-JIJI

 

 

Kyodo

The government plans to launch a campaign in major cities to promote the need for permanent disposal facilities for high-level nuclear waste from power plants, sources close to the matter said Saturday.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s administration is looking to restart nuclear plants shut after the Fukushima disaster, and has faced criticism over promoting nuclear power without resolving where the waste will ultimately be disposed.

Symposiums are planned for Sapporo, Sendai, Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka, Fukuoka and roughly four other cities, hosted by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Nuclear Waste Management Organization of Japan, which was previously solely responsible for the disposal plan.

The organization had held symposiums in Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya in fiscal 2013 and in 30 of the 47 prefectural capitals the following year, but participation was weak, with an average of 60 people turning up to each symposium. [... ]

 

 

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