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Miyagi town opposes plan to build radioactive waste disposal site

KAMI, Japan - Hirobumi Inomata (2nd from L), mayor of Kami town in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, petitions an environment ministry official (2nd from R) on Oct. 24, 2014, in the town to stop its planned survey of the proposed site for a radioactive waste disposal facility for waste resulting from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident.

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Mayor remains opposed to radioactive waste disposal plan

KAMI, Japan - Mayor Hirobumi Inomata (L) of Kami, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, confers with Senior Vice Environment Minister Shinji Inoue at the town hall on Aug. 20, 2014, over a plan to bury radioactive waste from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant at a Kami site for permanent disposal. In the prefecture, Kami remains opposed to the plan but two other places selected as candidate sites for lasting disposal have agreed to accept the plan in principle.

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Mayor conveys objection against radioactive disposal plan

SENDAI, Japan - Hirobumi Inomata (L), mayor of Kami in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, presents a collection of signatures by local residents opposing the possible selection of the town as a final disposal site for radioactive waste from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant to senior vice environment minister Shinji Inoue in Tokyo on July 16, 2014.

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Candidate radioactive waste disposal site in Miyagi Pref.

SENDAI, Japan - Senior Vice Environment Minister Shinji Inoue (3rd from L, front row) listens to Kami Mayor Hirofumi Inomata (R) at a candidate site for the final disposal of radioactive waste in Kami Town, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 16, 2014.

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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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Inspection over planned Fukushima waste disposal sites postponed

Hirobumi Inomata (C), mayor of the northeastern Japan town of Kami, requests government officials on Aug. 28, 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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Miyagi town opposes plan to build radioactive waste disposal site

KAMI, Japan - Hirobumi Inomata (2nd from L), mayor of Kami town in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, petitions an environment ministry official (2nd from R) on Oct. 24, 2014, in the town to stop its planned survey of the proposed site for a radioactive waste disposal facility for waste resulting from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident. (Kyodo)

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Mayor remains opposed to radioactive waste disposal plan

KAMI, Japan - Mayor Hirobumi Inomata (L) of Kami, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, confers with Senior Vice Environment Minister Shinji Inoue at the town hall on Aug. 20, 2014, over a plan to bury radioactive waste from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant at a Kami site for permanent disposal. In the prefecture, Kami remains opposed to the plan but two other places selected as candidate sites for lasting disposal have agreed to accept the plan in principle. (Kyodo)

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Mayor conveys objection against radioactive disposal plan

SENDAI, Japan - Hirobumi Inomata (L), mayor of Kami in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, presents a collection of signatures by local residents opposing the possible selection of the town as a final disposal site for radioactive waste from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant to senior vice environment minister Shinji Inoue in Tokyo on July 16, 2014. (Kyodo)