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"Fukushima Residents Torn Over Nuclear Waste Storage Plan" [1]

"Norio Kimura lost his wife, father and 7-year-old daughter Yuna in the March 2011 tsunami.

Now, he fears he may lose his land, too, as Japan’s government wants to build a sprawling radioactive waste storage site in the shadow of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant.

Like many here, Kimura is angry the government is set to park 30 million tons of radioactive debris raked up after the nuclear accident on his former doorstep. Few believe Tokyo’s assurances that the site will be cleaned up and shut down after 30 years."

Mari Saito reports for Reuters March 9, 2015. [2]

Disasters [3]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [4]
Asia [5]
Public [6]
Source: Reuters [2], 03/10/2015
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/fukushima-residents-torn-over-nuclear-waste-storage-plan [2] http://sustainability.thomsonreuters.com/2015/03/09/fukushima-residents-torn-over-nuclear-waste-storage-plan/ [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/disaster [4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/nuclear-power/radiation [5] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/asia [6] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81