A town that co-hosts the stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant has agreed to the construction of an intermediate storage facility for radioactive debris generated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
A town that co-hosts the stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant has agreed to the construction of an intermediate storage facility for radioactive debris generated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
"I decided we have no choice but to agree to hosting the facility. It was a difficult decision that was made purely for the sake of rebuilding and revitalizing Fukushima," Futaba Mayor Shiro Izawa said Jan. 13 after a town assembly meeting.
The assembly members endorsed the mayor's decision, which essentially was a formality as the town had earlier approved the central government subsidy plan related to the site.
The town of Okuma, also a candidate site for a waste facility, as well as the Fukushima prefectural government, have already given approval to the plan.