Radioactive waste stuck at 830 sites with nowhere to go
Posted: 3rd March 2022
THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
March 3, 2022 at 18:55 JST
A temporary storage site for contaminated soil resulting from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster. The bags of radioactive waste are due to be shipped to an interim storage facility. The photo was taken in February. (Yukiko Sakamoto)
Vast quantities of topsoil collected during decontamination work after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster are stuck in limbo at hundreds of sites with no early prospect of being shipped to interim storage facilities ahead of a government-set deadline.
The soil is being kept “temporarily” at 830 locations in six municipalities in Fukushima Prefecture.
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