【国际合众社东京2006年5月23日电】日本经济产业省官员称,为了降低处置费用,日本将把低放废物运往英国进行处理,并运回少量高放废物。这将使日本的废物处置费用从28.6亿美元降至7.62亿美元。日本将运往英国进行处理的核废物是源自核电厂中乏燃料的超铀废物。虽然这些废物的放 TOKYO, Japan, May 23, 2006 Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said officials will ship low-level waste to Britain for handling and transport a small amount of high-level waste for disposal in order to reduce disposal costs. This will reduce Japan’s waste disposal costs from 2.86 billion U.S. dollars to 762 million U.S. dollars. Japan’s nuclear waste destined for the United Kingdom for disposal is transuranic waste from spent fuel in nuclear power plants. Although these waste put