After detecting faint traces of radiation in shipments to U.S. ports, authorities followed a trail that led to a factory park outside Jakarta, where they found radioactive Cesium-137 had been released into the air. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/14/asia-pacific/us-radioactive-indonesia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #indonesia #us #food #shoes #nuclearwaste #trade #radiation
Some 890 tons of Tepco's spent nuclear fuel are stored at Japan Nuclear Fuel's reprocessing plant under construction in Aomori Prefecture — the first time a specific company's amount at the site has been confirmed. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/01/japan/tepco-nuclear-fuel-aomori-plant/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #nuclearenergy #nuclearweapons #nuclearwaste #japanatomicpower #tepco #aomori
Haruo Kataoka, the mayor of Suttsu in Hokkaido who supports proceeding to a next-stage survey to select a final disposal site for high-level nuclear waste, has been reelected for a seventh consecutive term. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/29/japan/politics/hokkaido-suttsu-mayor-election/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #nuclearwaste #suttsu #hokkaido #localgovernment
The government will use more of the soil removed in decontamination work after the 2011 nuclear accident in Fukushima Prefecture at central government facilities starting next month. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/25/japan/use-of-soil-from-fukushima-decontamination/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #fukushimano1 #nuclearwaste #radiation
Matt Noyes
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In Hokkaido, Indigenous land rights have added another layer to the division of opinions in Suttsu and Kamoenai over whether to host a permanent underground repository for Japan’s nuclear waste. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/07/06/energy/hokkaido-ainu-nuclear-waste-storage/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #energy #nuclearenergy #energy #renewables #hokkaido #nuclearwaste #ainu #indigenouspeople
In Hokkaido, Indigenous land rights have added another layer to the division of opinions in Suttsu and Kamoenai over whether to host a permanent underground repository for Japan’s nuclear waste. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/07/06/energy/hokkaido-ainu-nuclear-waste-storage/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #energy #nuclearenergy #energy #renewables #hokkaido #nuclearwaste #ainu #indigenouspeople