Insane solution in a country with so many earthquakes... good luck...

Japan to mull ways to make progress on final radioactive waste site

The Japanese government said Tuesday that it plans to start next month discussing ways to push forward the process of selecting a permanent disposal site for high-level radioactive waste generated by reprocessing spent nuclear fuel.

Under the current plan, vitrified high-level radioactive waste is to be placed at a final disposal site more than 300 meters underground. But no local government has agreed to host the site.

"The issue has not made progress over these 10 years....We need to create a framework that will make things move," Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said during a ministry panel created to devise the country's new medium- to long-term energy plan in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster.
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