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Owners of Fukushima land are unknown
The central government has not been able to identify half of some 2,400 owners of land in Fukushima Prefecture where it plans to build storage facilities for contaminated soil from the nuclear crisis, sources said.
The government intends to build the complex on around 16 sq. km of land in the towns of Okuma and Futaba that is designated as uninhabitable due to radiation contamination. Facility buildings have not yet been built due to slow progress in negotiations with the landowners.
To acquire the necessary land, the government needs to negotiate with all of the landowners. With around 1,200 of them remaining unknown, construction of the complex, seen as key to the rebuilding of Fukushima, is expected to be further delayed.
According to the sources, in many cases land registrations have not been renewed since the 1860s. It is also proving difficult to contact the two towns’ residents who remain in evacuee accommodations across the country.
The government has begun transferring radioactive soil and other waste collected during decommissioning work within Fukushima to part of land it has borrowed free of charge from corporate landowners. But it has been able to conclude land purchasing contracts with only a few owners so far.
4 Comments on "Owners of Fukushima land are unknown"
Kenz300 on Sun, 5th Apr 2015 9:09 am
The cost to clean up and store the nuclear waste at Chernobyl and Fukishima is enormous. Those disasters continue today with no end in sight. The technology to clean up the sites does not exist.
Chernobyl’s new shell – YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJSpDAwEtjA&spfreload=10
Go Speed Racer. on Sun, 5th Apr 2015 1:43 pm
No problem, after a few thousand years, the whole complex will be underwster after more earthquakes and more tsunami…all underwater problem solved. Why dig all up and move away from ocean? Going the wrong way! If you don’t want to wait til next Tsunami, set off a nuke like Bikini Atoll in the harbor. Problem solved and nice blue lagoon to run your speedboat. Make sure wind blowing toward North Korea.
R1verat on Sun, 5th Apr 2015 6:47 pm
I would imagine many property owners are dealing with serious health issues. Last thing on my mind would be talking to any gov’t official at this point.
whatthehell on Thu, 18th Jun 2015 2:54 am
The land is uninhabitable. Why do they need to contact anyone to start cleaning this unequaled disaster up. Seems the could start these containment facilities and work out the petty details later. Its not like there’s not a few thousand years or so for that. And what if they can’t find owners or records from 1860’s.