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2017-11-18 Disposal of low-level radioactive waste from F1 accident

This is a news of NHK yesterday, about opening of Disposal of low-level radioactive waste from Fukushima accident on 17 November.
There are two type of waste from Fukushima,

1) On Site Fukushima, including very high active waste from reactor core
2) Off Site Fukushima, out of Fukushima plant site, at Fukushima, Miyagi, Ibaragi, Chiba etc. total 11 prefectures. Contaminated from aerial radioactive waste discharge from F1 accident on 31 March 2011.
2-1) above 100,000 Bq/Kg, High level -> intermediate storage ->Final disposal
2-2) 8,000 to 100,000 Bq/kg, Low level -> Final disposal

This news is about 2-2) type waste (total 200,000 tons) at Fukushima prefecture (170,000 tons). Within 11 prefectures, This is first final disposal site in Japan.
As for 2-1) waste, still intermediate storage site is not yet found.


<Japan Times>
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/11/17/national/disposal-low-level-radioactive-waste-fukushima-crisis-begins/#.Wg92LUpl_IU