City assembly in Saga Prefecture OKs request for nuclear waste site survey

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City assembly in Saga Prefecture OKs request for nuclear waste site survey

The municipal assembly of Genkai in Saga Prefecture has given the go-ahead for the town to request a preliminary survey by the state to gauge its suitability to host an underground disposal site for highly radioactive waste. The Genkai assembly is the first in the country hosting a nuclear plant…