#IAEA: Consider releasing treated water into ocean #Basic policy on nuclear waste disposal approved #Cabinet approves revisions to #Fukushima funds http://bit.ly/1vbpm0D #Enenews http://bit.ly/1vbpn4G Basic policy on nuclear waste disposal approved Experts with the industry ministry have approved a draft revision of Japan's basic policy on disposal of highly radioactive nuclear power plant waste. The government plans to bury high-level radioactive waste from nuclear plants 300 meters or deeper underground in final disposal facilities. But officials have been unable to secure sites for the facilities from candidate municipalities, even though they have been trying for the past 13 years. The ministry's panel of experts broadly approved the draft revision at a meeting on Tuesday. It says the government will stick to its underground disposal program, but can halt the process and recover the waste in case of a technical problem or a change in plans. It also says the government will choose potential host sites for disposal facilities, and negotiate with local residents to win their consent. Spent nuclear fuel is currently reprocessed and fused with glass before disposal. But this takes too much time, so the government is considering expanding the number of storage sites and studying ways to manage the used fuel without reprocessing. The government plans to have the Cabinet endorse the draft basic policy at the end of March, after receiving public comments. But it will then have to draw up a more concrete policy and override public skepticism about the safety of the disposal methods.
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#IAEA: Consider releasing treated water into ocean #Basic policy on nuclear waste disposal approved #Cabinet approves revisions to #Fukushima funds http://bit.ly/1vbpm0D #Enenews http://bit.ly/1vbpn4G Basic policy on nuclear waste disposal approved Experts with the industry ministry have approved a draft revision of Japan's basic policy on disposal of highly radioactive nuclear power plant waste. The government plans to bury high-level radioactive waste from nuclear plants 300 meters or deeper underground in final disposal facilities. But officials have been unable to secure sites for the facilities from candidate municipalities, even though they have been trying for the past 13 years. The ministry's panel of experts broadly approved the draft revision at a meeting on Tuesday. It says the government will stick to its underground disposal program, but can halt the process and recover the waste in case of a technical problem or a change in plans. It also says the government will choose potential host sites for disposal facilities, and negotiate with local residents to win their consent. Spent nuclear fuel is currently reprocessed and fused with glass before disposal. But this takes too much time, so the government is considering expanding the number of storage sites and studying ways to manage the used fuel without reprocessing. The government plans to have the Cabinet endorse the draft basic policy at the end of March, after receiving public comments. But it will then have to draw up a more concrete policy and override public skepticism about the safety of the disposal methods.
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