Preliminary survey for possible nuclear waste site near Tokyo begins

TOKYO - A preliminary survey of a city near Tokyo to gauge its suitability as a potential disposal site for highly radioactive waste began Thursday, the Nuclear Waste Management Organization of Japan said.

The preliminary survey, involving checking land erosion and other conditions based on published geological sources such as maps and academic papers, is being carried out for the first time for a city on Japan's main island of Honshu.