Aomori gov. agrees to host nuclear fuel storage facility

Aomori gov. agrees to host nuclear fuel storage facility

AOMORI, Japan - Aomori Gov. Shingo Mimura speaks at a press conference at his office on Oct. 19 on his government's acceptance of a plan by two energy companies to build a spent nuclear fuel storage facility in the prefecture. Under the plan, Tokyo Electric Power Co. and Japan Atomic Power Co. will build a two-wing facility in the city of Mutsu in the northeastern Japan prefecture to temporarily keep up to 5,000 tons of spent fuel.

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