TSUSHIMA, Nagasaki Prefecture Tsushima Mayor Naoki Hitakatsu announced on Sept. 27 that the city will not apply for a survey to host a nuclear waste repository despite the backing of the municipal assembly and 2 billion yen ($13.4 million) offered in subsidies.
TSUSHIMA, Nagasaki Prefecture With tensions still running high on submitting the city as a candidate for a nuclear waste storage site, Mayor Naoki Hitakatsu was told by the Tsushima city assembly to just do it.
The assembly of Tsushima in southwestern Japan approves a request calling on the city to conduct a preliminary survey to gauge its suitability to host an underground disposal site for highly radioactive waste.