Govt compiles plan for contaminated soil and waste

The Japanese environment ministry has come up with a plan to deal with the radioactive soil and waste generated by the disabled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

The waste will be temporarily stored in Fukushima Prefecture for about 3 years before being transferred to final disposal places outside the prefecture over the next 30 years.

The plan says the central and local governments will choose sites for temporary storage while seeking the understanding of local residents.

The ministry hopes to begin construction of the storage sites some time in fiscal 2014 and start transferring the soil and waste in fiscal 2015.

The ministry estimates that about 3,100 cubic meters of soil and waste will be stored in the temporary sites.

It plans to burn dead leaves to lower the volume of the waste that needs to be stored.

Sunday, October 30, 2011 01:19 +0900 (JST)