Editing Radioactive waste (section)

==== Mongolia ====
After serious opposition about plans and negotiations between [[Mongolia]] with Japan and the United States to build nuclear-waste facilities in Mongolia, Mongolia stopped all negotiations in September 2011. These negotiations had started after U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy [[Daniel Poneman]] visited Mongolia in September 2010. Talks took place in Washington, D.C. between officials of Japan, the United States, and Mongolia in February 2011. After this the [[United Arab Emirates]] (UAE), which wanted to buy nuclear fuel from Mongolia, joined in the negotiations. The talks were kept secret and, although the [[Mainichi Shimbun|''Mainichi Daily News'']] reported on them in May, Mongolia officially denied the existence of these negotiations. Alarmed by this news, Mongolian citizens protested against the plans and demanded the government withdraw the plans and disclose information. The Mongolian President [[Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj]] issued a presidential order on September 13 banning all negotiations with foreign governments or international organizations on nuclear-waste storage plans in Mongolia.<ref>The Mainichi Daily News (15 October 2011), [http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20111015p2a00m0na023000c.html Mongolia abandons nuclear waste storage plans, and informs Japan of decision], {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111018044814/http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20111015p2a00m0na023000c.html|date=2011-10-18}}.
</ref> The Mongolian government has accused the newspaper of distributing false claims around the world. After the presidential order, the Mongolian president fired the individual who was supposedly involved in these conversations.