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Research Core for Deep Geological Environment / AIST

According to the electronic power supply policy of the Government, high-level radioactive waste from the nuclear power plants must be buried deep underground in several decades. To dispose of the waste safely, information about deep geological environments of the Japanese islands is necessary. Required information includes: underground geological characteristics, dynamic geological processes, and the long-term stability of geological environments. To provide technical, neutral, and reliable information, the center, as a core of the national geological survey, will make an extensive investigation of deep geological environments.