By YUSUKE OGAWA/ Staff Writer
August 18, 2023 at 16:31 JST
Kaminoseki Mayor Tetsuo Nishi, center, tries to enter the town hall on Aug. 18, surrounded by residents who oppose plans to build an interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel. (Soichiro Yamamoto)
KAMINOSEKI, Yamaguchi Prefecture--Lured by central government subsidies, the mayor here said he has accepted Chugoku Electric Power Co.’s proposal to build an interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel in the struggling town. [Read More]
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