11.   The permanent storage space will also be visible through large glass windows, offering a look at activities of curators.

12.   To gain support for the Senate bill, backers have accepted amendments that would rule out alternative sites for permanent storage in South Carolina, Tennessee and Washington state.

13.   But they need a permanent storage site.

14.   But the central government has not yet picked a location for permanent storage.

15.   Governor Morio Kimura said he would refuse the ship entry until Tokyo satisfied him that the permanent storage site for the waste will not be in Aomori.

16.   He said he first wanted an assurance from Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto that progress was being made toward finding a permanent nuclear waste storage site elsewhere.

17.   He said he first wanted an assurance from Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto that progress was being made toward finding a permanent storage site elsewhere.

18.   Japan has not yet picked a location for permanent storage.

19.   Kimura recently blocked efforts to make the facility a permanent storage site.

20.   Kimura has demanded assurances from Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto that a permanent storage site will be created elsewhere.