The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, hit by a powerful earthquake and tsunami, suffered fuel meltdowns at three of its nuclear reactors, releasing radiation into the atmosphere. Clean-up work in nearby areas led to the accumulation of contaminated soil.
The government plans to start selecting candidates for soil disposal sites around 2030. The soil waste currently at an interim storage facility near the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant must be moved outside the prefecture by March 2045, by law.
In the survey conducted from January to February among all 47 prefectural governors except Fukushima’s, 24 said they were not prepared to consider hosting disposal sites due to insufficient information from the central government.
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