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Japan's waste management organization will carry out a literature review on the geology of Minamitorishima, located nearly 2,000 kilometers from Tokyo, to determine its suitability as a nuclear disposal site.

Minamitorishima lies in the Ogasawara Islands. A literature-based geological review will begin to judge whether the remote site could host nuclear waste.

The step forms an early part of Japan's efforts to manage radioactive waste.

No further timeline or next actions have been announced yet.

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