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Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Japan to survey Pacific island for potential HLW repository
Japan will study the possibility of siting a deep geologic repository for high-level radioactive waste on the remote island of Minamitorishima, about 1,200 miles southeast of Tokyo.
Masaaki Shibuya, mayor of the village of Ogasawara, reportedly expressed his willingness to allow Japan’s government to proceed with a preliminary survey, called a literature survey, of the island, which is one of several within the Ogasawara Islands.
August 18–23, 2019
Portland, OR|Marriott Portland Downtown Waterfront
General Chairs:
Jose Reyes (Chief Technology Officer, NuScale Power)
Mark Peters (Laboratory Director, Idaho National Laboratory)
Kurshad Muftuoglu (Principal Engineer/Technologist, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy)
Program Chairs:
Brian Woods (Professor, Oregon State University)
Dominique Bestion (Research Director, Commissariat a l'Energie Atomiq)
Akira Yamaguchi (Professor, University of Tokyo)
