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NUCLEAR WASTE

Kushima Mayor Koichi Takeda told reporters that the industry ministry had not asked the city to accept a literature survey and that no decision had been made.
JAPAN / Society
Oct 23, 2026
Kushima briefed by industry ministry officials on nuclear waste site survey
The survey would take about two years and examine potential risks from volcanoes and faults based on geological maps and other documents.
Tetsuo Nishi (center) celebrates his victory in the mayoral election in Kaminoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on Sunday.
JAPAN
Oct 5, 2026
Mayor pushing for spent nuclear-fuel facility reelected in Yamaguchi
Tetsuo Nishi said nuclear power-related subsidies from the state would help fund the town’s child-rearing and resident-welfare measures.
Ibaraki Gov. Kazuhiko Oigawa during a news conference in Mito on Friday
JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 3, 2026
Ibaraki won’t accept second-stage survey for nuclear waste site, governor says
Ibaraki Gov. Kazuhiko Oigawa’s announcement comes days after the mayor of Hitachiomiya expressed a willingness to accept the survey for his city.
Workers wearing protective suits and masks conduct a decommissioning operation at the No. 2 reactor building of the tsunami-crippled Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, in January.
JAPAN
Oct 2, 2026
Tepco begins long-delayed probe of Fukushima reactor’s interior
Tepco has frequently postponed investigations in order to remove accumulated debris and replace cameras, among other reasons.
Sadayuki Suzuki, the mayor of Hitachiomiya in Ibaraki Prefecture, speaks to reporters at the city government office on Wednesday.
JAPAN
Oct 1, 2026
City in Ibaraki accepts first stage survey for nuclear waste site
Hitachiomiya is the fifth site in the country and the first in Honshu to accept a literature survey.
Tepco President Tomoaki Kobayakawa (left) speaks to Mutsu Mayor Tomoya Yamamoto (right) in Mutsu, Aomori Prefecture on Friday.
JAPAN / Society
Sep 18, 2026
Bid to widen use of spent nuclear fuel facility in Aomori hits resistance
After storage the fuel should be moved to the Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant for processing, but completion of the Rokkasho plant has been delayed.
Kansai Electric currently stores spent fuel in pools at facilities such as its Oi nuclear power plant (pictured) in Fukui Prefecture. The firm has expressed an intention to use an interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel in Mutsu, Aomori Prefecture.
JAPAN
Sep 16, 2026
Two firms show interest in spent nuclear fuel facility
The facility currently accepts spent nuclear fuel only from Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings and Japan Atomic Power.
Tokyo Electric Power employees work on the operation floor of a reactor building at the company's Kashiwazaki Kariwa nuclear power station in Kariwa, Niigata Prefecture, in May.
JAPAN
Sep 16, 2026
Japan aims to increase its reliance on nuclear power, but headwinds remain
The government has set a target of replacing up to 14 nuclear reactors by the 2050s, but questions over spent fuel are lingering.
Mayor Sadayuki Suzuki (left) of Hitachiomiya, Ibaraki Prefecture, receives a request to accept a survey for selecting a final disposal site for high-level radioactive waste from nuclear power plants on Monday.
JAPAN
Sep 1, 2026
Government asks city of Hitachiomiya to accept nuclear waste site survey
If realized, Hitachiomiya would become the fifth site in the country to accept such a survey.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks during a Cabinet meeting on nuclear energy policy in Tokyo on Friday.
JAPAN
Aug 1, 2026
Japan aims to rebuild two to five nuclear reactors by 2040s
Power supply shortages are expected by the 2040s after aging reactors have been decommissioned.
The No. 3 and No. 4 reactors at Kansai Electric Power's Takahama plant in Fukui Prefecture
JAPAN
Jun 28, 2026
Spent nuclear fuel storage rate reaches up to 90% of capacity at some Japan reactors
A total of 15 reactors at nine plants have been restarted since the 2011 Fukushima disaster.
Japan and the International Atomic Energy Agency signed a memorandum in Tokyo on Tuesday to cooperate on the development of small modular reactors.
JAPAN
Jun 24, 2026
Japan and IAEA team up to promote small modular reactors
Small modular reactors (SMRs) are smaller reactors with simpler systems and enhanced passive safety features.
In the fiscal year that began in April, Tepco plans to release a total of about 62,400 tons of treated water in eight rounds.
BUSINESS
Jun 20, 2026
Tepco ends second round of fiscal 2026 treated water release
In the just ended round, about 7,900 tons of water containing small amounts of radioactive tritium was discharged.
International Atomic Energy Agency Director-General Rafael Grossi will visit the Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings nuclear plant in Fukushima Prefecture to conduct additional monitoring of treated water being discharged into the ocean.
JAPAN
Jun 17, 2026
Nuclear watchdog chief to visit Japan to monitor Fukushima treated water
International Atomic Energy Agency Director-General Rafael Grossi will monitor the discharge of water containing small amounts of radioactive tritium.
Workers wearing protective suits walk inside the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Feb. 5.
JAPAN
Jun 2, 2026
Removal of nuclear fuel from Fukushima plant reactor pool begins
Radiation levels at the No. 2 reactor building are still high after the nuclear fuel in the reactor melted down in the March 2011 accident.
Philippe Bordarier, chief executive of nuclear operator Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO), stands in one of the tunnels that is part of what is expected to be the world's first permanent repository for radioactive spent nuclear fuel at the Onkalo nuclear repository in Eurajoki, southwestern Finland, May 18.
WORLD
Jun 1, 2026
In Finland, radioactive spent nuclear fuel soon to be buried underground
With space for 6,500 tons of uranium, a new facility in Finland is aimed at providing permanent storage for spent fuel from Finland’s five nuclear reactors.
Minamitorishima has no resident population and is off-limits to the general public.
JAPAN / Society
May 21, 2026
Survey begins to determine remote island’s suitability for nuclear disposal site
91AV原创 waste management organization will carry out a literature review on the geology of Minamitorishima, located nearly 2,000 kilometers from Tokyo.
Industry minister Ryosei Akazawa (right) and Masaaki Shibuya, mayor of the island village of Ogasawara, at the industry ministry on Tuesday
JAPAN
Apr 22, 2026
Government will proceed with nuclear waste site survey for Minamitorishima
Industry minister Ryosei Akazawa conveyed the government’s decision to the mayor of the island village of Ogasawara, which has jurisdiction over Minamitorishima island, on Tuesday.
Petro Hurin, now 76, was one of hundreds of thousands of ‘liquidators’ brought to clean up the aftermath of the explosion that tore apart reactor four of the Chernobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine on April 26, 1986.
WORLD
Apr 21, 2026
Chernobyl first responder says few survive 40 years on
“Not a single Chernobyl person is in good ?health,” the 76-year-old said. “It’s death by a thousand cuts.”
Minamitorishima has no resident population and is closed to the general public.
JAPAN
Apr 13, 2026
Survey of Minamitorishima greenlit to check suitability for radioactive waste disposal
The central government is searching for a permanent disposal site for radioactive waste from 91AV原创 nuclear power plants.
Two Japanese climbers die on remote Himalayan peak in Nepal
Rescuers have recovered the bodies of two Japanese climbers missing for over a week on a remote Himalayan mountain.
Aging Japanese village turns to Peru in search of new residents
Guests from Peru's Belen district interact with a baby in Nanmoku village in Gunma Prefecture.
Budget-friendly restaurant chain Saizeriya succumbs to rising costs
A Tokyo branch of Saizeriya, a chain of family-style Italian restaurants
U.S. has for years asked Musk to alter Starlink service in Ukraine and Middle East, sources say
A Ukrainian soldier sets up a Starlink satellite internet system near the frontline in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Oct. 16
U.S. military bans Chinese-made BYD cars from key air base in Okinawa
An F-22 Raptor lands at Kadena Air Base in Kadena, Okinawa Prefecture on Oct. 9. The base is a crucial hub for U.S. military operations in the region.
A dramatic bear hunt in a midsize Japanese city could be a harbinger of what is to come
Zookeeper Tetsuo Iso at the site of frantic search for a wild bear in Utsunomiya on June 9. Iso, 65, was asked by the prefectural government to help capture the bear and it was his shot with a tranquilizer gun that put an end to the saga.
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Tourists enjoy themselves while crossing the famous Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo on Oct. 12.
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Motorists drive through a road covered with smog from wildfires nearby in Ogan Ilir in Indonesia's South Sumatra province on Sept. 25.
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Japan weighs how to evacuate thousands of tourists if Mount Fuji erupts
Climbers and visitors gather on the first day of the climbing season at the Fuji Yoshidaguchi Trail, at the fifth station on the slopes of Mount Fuji, in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, on July 1, 2024.

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