The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has started work on identifying the technical challenges of constructing a disposal facility under the seabed for highly radioactive spent nuclear fuel. japantimes.co.jp A number of suicide cases in Fukushima Prefecture and its neighborhood has grown among the people evacuated from the areas affected by the nuclear disaster, local media reported Monday. sputniknews.com For the first time since the Fukushima nuclear disaster unfolded, a plutonium-thermal (pluthermal) reactor is scheduled to restart on Jan. 29 in a densely populated region with Japan’s largest concentration of nuclear reactors. ajw.asahi.com The United States has seen increased activity around a North Korea site suggesting movement of components and propellant to be able to conduct a space launch in the near future, a U.S. official told Reuters on Thursday. news.trust.org
