Inspection over planned Fukushima waste disposal sites postponed

Hirobumi Inomata (far L), mayor of the northeastern Japan town of Kami, and town people request government officials on Aug. 31, 2015, to suspend an inspection related to building a disposal site there for waste from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Inspections were postponed at three candidate construction sites, including Kami. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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