en.Wedoany.com Reported - Japan's Nuclear Waste Management Organization has announced it will conduct research on whether Minami-Torishima Island, located in the northwest Pacific Ocean, is suitable as a potential nuclear waste disposal site. The project, led by the Nuclear Waste Management Organization, has received approval from Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.

The study will cover the entire island and its coastal seabed. The preliminary survey marks the initial phase of a three-stage, 20-year site selection process. The first phase is expected to take two years and will include assessments of land conditions and volcanic activity based on published geological data.

Minami-Torishima Island could become Japan's fourth permanent radioactive waste storage site, following Suttsu Town, Kamoenai Village, and Genkai Town. Unlike the other three locations, this island, situated 1,900 kilometers from Tokyo, has no permanent civilian residents and is staffed only by personnel from the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and government workers. The head of Japan's Nuclear Waste Management Organization stated that they will conduct interviews with the public "in as many regions nationwide as possible."

Since the island is under the jurisdiction of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, the next phase of the study requires approval from the Tokyo government. The Tokyo government has not yet stated its position.

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