First implementation of the managed recycling at the Prime Minister's Office

Date: August 8, 2025

The decontamination efforts following the accident at the TEPCO Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake resulted in the generation of large volumes of soil. This soil is to be disposed of outside Fukushima Prefecture. In order to achieve the final disposal, it is important to reduce the amount of soil to be disposed of, and the key is to promote the use of soil with low radioactivity levels in public works projects (the managed recycling). It is also important to foster understanding of the necessity and safety of the final disposal and the managed recycling.

Therefore, the Prime Minister's Office took the initiative in promoting the managed recycling efforts.

Note: This is created by the Ministry of the Environment based on the Prime Minister's Office website