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Government Tabs 3 Towns As
Dump Sites For Nuclear Debris
Fukushima Nuclear Disaster
EMF Computer Protection
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March
11, 2012
KORIYAMA, Fukushima Prefecture--Goshi Hosono, the minister
in charge of the nuclear crisis, proposed three towns in
Fukushima Prefecture as sites for temporary dumps for
radioactive debris from the nuclear crisis, drawing bitter
criticism from local politicians.
Hosono
told the mayors of eight municipalities on March 10 that the
government wants to use sites in Futaba town to the north of
the
crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, Okuma to its
south and Naraha, which is south of the No. 2 nuclear plant,
for the interim storage facilities.
Hosono
told journalists that three separate dumps were being
proposed because of the difficulty of securing a single
site.
“We
thought asking (a few) municipalities to carry the burden
would make it easier to be accepted,” he said.
Good
road access allowing large amounts of contaminated soil to
be easily transported to the facility was also taken into
account in choosing the sites.
Tatsuo
Hirano, rebuilding minister, told the mayors that the
government would remove contaminated soil and other waste
from the prefecture within 30 years, and that legislation
setting that time limit is being considered.
The
government plans to make more specific proposals, including
locations and other details, by the end of June. The time
limit and the sites for interim storage will be finalized by
the end of March 2013.
Two of
the three mayors of the towns picked to host the interim
storage sites were bitterly critical of the government.
Katsutaka Idogawa, mayor of Futaba town, said it could not
host a radioactive dump.
“I want
the government to explain why we have to share the burden of
accepting the proposal (to be a host site),” he told
journalists.
Toshitsuna Watanabe, mayor of Okuma, described the
government’s decision making as “fast and sloppy.”
Naraha
Mayor Takashi Kusano, who has previously accepted the need
for multiple interim facilities, said: “We cannot but
cooperate with the central government, following its
guidelines.”
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