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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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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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Pro-nuclear plant mayor reelected

KAMINOSEKI, Japan - Shigemi Kashiwabara (C), mayor of Kaminoseki in Yamaguchi Prefecture, bows to supporters in the town after reelection to a third four-year term on Sept. 25, 2011. Kashiwabara, an advocate of a Chugoku Electric Power Co. proposal to build a nuclear power station in the town, defeated antinuclear challenger Sadao Yamato, who heads a civic group opposed to the plan.

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Kaminoseki promotes nuclear plant despite Fukushima crisis

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 17, 2011, shows the planned construction site (C) for Chugoku Electric Power Co.'s Kaminoseki Nuclear Power Station in the town of Kaminoseki in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan.

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Kaminoseki promotes nuclear plant despite Fukushima crisis

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken on Aug. 19, 2011, shows Nagashima Island (front), the planned site for Chubu Electric Power Co.'s Kaminoseki Nuclear Power Station, in the town of Kaminoseki in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, with Iwaishima Island visible in the distance.

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Planned site for nuke plant in Yamaguchi Pref.

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 17, 2011, shows a planned construction site for a nuclear power plant in the town of Kaminoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan. Yamaguchi Gov. Sekinari Nii said May 19 the prefectural government is considering invalidating a license that allows Chugoku Electric Power Co. to reclaim the land for the plant's construction, following a nuclear crisis at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan.

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Planned site for nuke plant in Yamaguchi Pref.

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 17, 2011, shows a planned construction site for a nuclear power plant in the town of Kaminoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan. Yamaguchi Gov. Sekinari Nii said May 19 the prefectural government is considering invalidating a license that allows Chugoku Electric Power Co. to reclaim the land for the plant's construction, following a nuclear crisis at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan.

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Panel approves nuclear plant in Yamaguchi Pref.

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - Villagers swing arms May 16 in protest against a government advisory panel's endorsement of a plan by Chugoku Electric Power Co. to build a nuclear power plant in Kaminoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture. It will be the first incorporation into the government power program of a nuclear plant on a new site since Japan's worst nuclear accident in September 1999.

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Hearing on new nuclear plant faces protest

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - Residents opposing a Chugoku Electric Power Co. plan to build a nuclear power plant in Kaminoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, stop a van carrying supporters of the plan Oct. 31 before the central government held first public hearing on the plan in the town. The hearing is the first of its kind since Japan's worst-ever nuclear accident occurred at a uranium-processing plant run by JCO Co. in Tokaimura, Ibaraki Prefecture in September last year.

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Nuclear power plants came

Nuclear power plants came,town mayor election,Iwai Island,Ikata Nuclear Power Plant==Date:unknown, Place:Kaminoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan,Photo:Kikujiro Fukushima

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Kaminoseki promotes nuclear plant despite Fukushima crisis

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken on Aug. 19, 2011, shows Nagashima Island (front), the planned site for Chubu Electric Power Co.'s Kaminoseki Nuclear Power Station, in the town of Kaminoseki in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, with Iwaishima Island visible in the distance. (Kyodo)

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Kaminoseki promotes nuclear plant despite Fukushima crisis

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 17, 2011, shows the planned construction site (C) for Chugoku Electric Power Co.'s Kaminoseki Nuclear Power Station in the town of Kaminoseki in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan. (Kyodo)

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Pro-nuclear plant mayor reelected

KAMINOSEKI, Japan - Shigemi Kashiwabara (C), mayor of Kaminoseki in Yamaguchi Prefecture, bows to supporters in the town after reelection to a third four-year term on Sept. 25, 2011. Kashiwabara, an advocate of a Chugoku Electric Power Co. proposal to build a nuclear power station in the town, defeated antinuclear challenger Sadao Yamato, who heads a civic group opposed to the plan. (Kyodo)

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Planned site for nuke plant in Yamaguchi Pref.

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 17, 2011, shows a planned construction site for a nuclear power plant in the town of Kaminoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan. Yamaguchi Gov. Sekinari Nii said May 19 the prefectural government is considering invalidating a license that allows Chugoku Electric Power Co. to reclaim the land for the plant's construction, following a nuclear crisis at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan. (Kyodo)

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Planned site for nuke plant in Yamaguchi Pref.

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 17, 2011, shows a planned construction site for a nuclear power plant in the town of Kaminoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan. Yamaguchi Gov. Sekinari Nii said May 19 the prefectural government is considering invalidating a license that allows Chugoku Electric Power Co. to reclaim the land for the plant's construction, following a nuclear crisis at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan. (Kyodo)

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Nuclear disaster drill

A resident in Kaminoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, receives mock decontamination treatment on Nov. 14, 2017, during an emergency drill held near the Ikata nuclear power plant in Ehime Prefecture. About 23,000 people took part in the drill. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Planned construction site for Kaminoseki nuclear plant

File photo taken in October 2012 shows the planned construction site for a Chugoku Electric Power Co.'s nuclear plant in the western Japan town of Kaminoseki. Local opposition and the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster have prevented development of the construction project. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Panel approves nuclear plant in Yamaguchi Pref.

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - Villagers swing arms May 16 in protest against a government advisory panel's endorsement of a plan by Chugoku Electric Power Co. to build a nuclear power plant in Kaminoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture. It will be the first incorporation into the government power program of a nuclear plant on a new site since Japan's worst nuclear accident in September 1999.

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Hearing on new nuclear plant faces protest

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - Residents opposing a Chugoku Electric Power Co. plan to build a nuclear power plant in Kaminoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, stop a van carrying supporters of the plan Oct. 31 before the central government held first public hearing on the plan in the town. The hearing is the first of its kind since Japan's worst-ever nuclear accident occurred at a uranium-processing plant run by JCO Co. in Tokaimura, Ibaraki Prefecture in September last year.