Proponents for Above-ground HLW Management Lose in Chiba University Debate
(WorldNews Japan)

16 August, 2019 Kaoru Ohno A debate on the advisability of geological disposal of high-level radioactive waste (HLW) was staged recently by students belonging to the Faculty of Education at the Chiba University. Assisted by the Nuclear Waste Management Organization of Japan (NUMO), the students considered whether Japan should cancel the ongoing HLW geological (i.e., underground) disposal project and instead require...