» A town hosting Fukushima No.1 plant agreed to the construction of an intermediate storage facility

2015/01/14

A town that co-hosts the stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant has agreed to the construction of an intermediate storage facility for radioactive debris generated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

“I decided we have no choice but to agree to hosting the facility. It was a difficult decision that was made purely for the sake of rebuilding and revitalizing Fukushima,” Futaba Mayor Shiro Izawa said Jan. 13 after a town assembly meeting.

The assembly members endorsed the mayor’s decision, which essentially was a formality as the town had earlier approved the central government subsidy plan related to the site.

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Town near crippled nuclear facility OKs plan to build storage facility for waste (Asahi Newspaper)

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