was done for the town of Suttsu and the village of Kamoenai in Hokkaido. Although the proposal from the Nuclear Waste Management Organization of Japan (NUMO) was partially revised, the ministry ...

Kamoenai village, located in the same Shiribeshi region as Suttsu, also joined the research process around the same time. The Nuclear Waste Management Organization of Japan (NUMO) is conducting ...

Japan, like other countries, is struggling to find permanent disposal sites for nuclear waste. Only two municipalities -- Suttsu and Kamoenai in Hokkaido in northern Japan -- have approved ...