Reports by a nuclear waste management body say two municipalities in northern Japan are candidate sites for a second-stage survey to choose a final disposal site for high-level radioactive waste from ...
The Nuclear Waste Management Organization of Japan has concluded it can move on to a preliminary survey that involves drilling work in Suttsu and Kamoenai.
But relying on nuclear power is also problematic. While it is carbon-free, nuclear power generates radioactive waste that poses potentially catastrophic environmental and health risks. In the U.S., ...