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Japan Utility Finds ‘Technically Feasible’ Site For Interim Spent Fuel Storage

By Kamen Kraev
22 September 2025

Facility needed as nuclear plants are running out of space

Japan Utility Finds ‘Technically Feasible’ Site For Interim Spent Fuel Storage
Kaminoseki in southern Japan was hoping to be the site of a new nuclear power plant. Courtesy Kaminoseki Tourism.
Japanese utility Chugoku Electric Power has found a site in Kaminoseki Town, Yamaguchi Prefecture, southern Japan, to be technically feasible for the construction of an interim spent fuel storage facility, following the results of a year-long feasibility study.

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