• 09/21/2024

In Japan, ‘desperate’ shrinking towns eye radioactive nuclear waste storage to make a fast buck: ‘it’s all about money’

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Tiny Kaminoseki town and idyllic Tsushima island could soon play host to radioactive spent fuel from atomic energy plants elsewhere in Japan that are running out of the storage space. Residents oppose the plans, but observers say ‘it’s all about money’.

https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3231825/japan-desperate-shrinking-towns-eye-radioactive-nuclear-waste-storage-make-fast-buck-its-all-about?utm_source=rss_feed