Japan town OKs survey for interim spent nuclear fuel facility

Tetsuo Nishi, mayor of Kaminoseki town in the western Japan prefecture of Yamaguchi, speaks at an extraordinary municipal assembly session in the town on Aug. 18, 2023. The mayor gave the greenlight for a geological survey by two major utilities companies, in a step toward the building of an intermediate facility to temporarily keep spent nuclear fuel.

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