For the first time, Maebashi City will process 90% of its designated waste.

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For the first time, Maebashi City will process 90% of its designated waste.

Regarding designated waste containing high concentrations of radioactive materials generated by the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident in 2011, Maebashi announced on the 22nd that it would begin processing 302 tons, equivalent to 88.1% of the amount stored in the city, as the concentration had fallen below the standard concentration of 8,000 becquerels per kilogram.
Designated waste is believed to be stored in at least seven municipalities, but this is the first time that a processing policy has been announced.
The city plans to apply to the Ministry of the Environment in May to have the waste removed from the list, and to outsource the processing to a processing company outside the prefecture within the fiscal year.