Japan reactor restart sparks fresh fears over nuclear waste storage

Published June 11, 2026 · Category: News

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FILE - The operation floor inside the Unit 6 reactor building is pictured during a media tour at Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings

The reboot highlights a dire problem for the country's nuclear program. Japan is running out of space to store spent nuclear fuel and lacks plans for radioactive waste disposal.

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Originally published at www.npr.org.

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