Hokkaido town applies for nuclear waste disposal site survey

Hokkaido town applies for nuclear waste disposal site survey

Haruo Kataoka, mayor of Suttsu, a small Hokkaido town in northern Japan, meets the press in Tokyo on Oct. 9, 2020, after submitting a document to the quasi-governmental Nuclear Waste Management Organization applying for a land assessment to be undertaken. The assessment is a part of the process for selecting a municipality to host a final disposal site for high-level radioactive waste from nuclear power plants.

Hokkaido town applies for nuclear waste disposal site survey

Hokkaido town applies for nuclear waste disposal site survey

Haruo Kataoka, mayor of Suttsu, a small Hokkaido town in northern Japan, meets the press in Tokyo on Oct. 9, 2020, after submitting a document to the quasi-governmental Nuclear Waste Management Organization applying for a land assessment to be undertaken. The assessment is a part of the process for selecting a municipality to host a final disposal site for high-level radioactive waste from nuclear power plants.

Hokkaido town applies for nuclear waste disposal site survey

Hokkaido town applies for nuclear waste disposal site survey

Haruo Kataoka, mayor of Suttsu, a small Hokkaido town in northern Japan, meets the press in Tokyo on Oct. 9, 2020, after submitting a document to the quasi-governmental Nuclear Waste Management Organization applying for a land assessment to be undertaken. The assessment is a part of the process for selecting a municipality to host a final disposal site for high-level radioactive waste from nuclear power plants.

Hokkaido town applies for nuclear waste disposal site survey

Hokkaido town applies for nuclear waste disposal site survey

Haruo Kataoka (L), mayor of Suttsu, a small Hokkaido town in northern Japan, submits a document to Shunsuke Kondo, chief of the quasi-governmental Nuclear Waste Management Organization, in Tokyo on Oct. 9, 2020, applying for a land assessment to be undertaken. The assessment is a part of the process for selecting a municipality to host a final disposal site for high-level radioactive waste from nuclear power plants.

Hokkaido town applies for nuclear waste disposal site survey

Hokkaido town applies for nuclear waste disposal site survey

Haruo Kataoka (L), mayor of Suttsu, a small Hokkaido town in northern Japan, submits a document to Shunsuke Kondo, chief of the quasi-governmental Nuclear Waste Management Organization, in Tokyo on Oct. 9, 2020, applying for a land assessment to be undertaken. The assessment is a part of the process for selecting a municipality to host a final disposal site for high-level radioactive waste from nuclear power plants.