Japan Begins Nuclear Waste Disposal Site Survey in Ibaraki
Tokyo, Oct. 15 (Jiji Press)--Japan's nuclear waste disposal body said Thursday that it has begun a literature survey in Hitachiomiya, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, as part of the process for selecting a site for the permanent disposal of high-level radioactive waste from nuclear power plants. The Nuclear Waste Management Organization of Japan, or NUMO, will analyze geologic maps and ot...