風評対策、年内に具体化　閣僚会議が初会合―原発処理水の海洋放出・福島第１

　政府は１６日、東京電力福島第１原発から出る放射性物質トリチウムを含む処理水の海洋放出について、風評被害対策や東京電力による賠償方針などを話し合う閣僚会議の初会合を開いた。夏をめどに主な課題を整理した中間報告を取りまとめ、年内に具体策を盛り込んだ実行計画を策定する見通しだ。
　加藤勝信官房長官が議長、梶山弘志経済産業相が副議長を務める。福島県の内堀雅雄知事、東京電力ホールディングスの小早川智明社長も出席した。
　内堀氏は、政府に対し風評被害対策や農林水産業など県内事業者への支援を求め、東電には廃炉や処理水対策に「覚悟を持ち取り組んでほしい」と要請した。加藤氏は「スピード感のある対策を講じ、必要な予算はちゅうちょなく確保する」と述べた。（2021/04/16-09:07）

Japanese cabinet ministers on Friday held the first meeting for discussions on ways to tackle possible reputational damage to fishery and other products from Fukushima Prefecture from the planned release of treated radioactive water at a disaster-crippled nuclear power station into the ocean.
   The ministers also discussed a policy on the payment of compensation related to such negative rumors to affected businesses and others by Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. , which owns the Fukushima No. 1 plant, damaged in the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
   After compiling an interim report in summer, the ministerial forum plans to draw up an action program within this year. Tritium, a radioactive substance, is contained in the treated water because it cannot be removed from the water with current technology.
   The ministerial panel is chaired by Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato, while industry minister Hiroshi Kajiyama serves as vice chair. The day's meeting was also joined by Fukushima Governor Masao Uchibori and TEPCO President Tomoaki Kobayakawa.
   Uchibori called on the government to launch measures against unfounded rumors about the safety of Fukushima foods and offer assistance to local industries, including agriculture, forestry and fishery business operators. He urged TEPCO to work "with a firm determination" on the decommissioning of the stricken power plant in the northeastern Japan prefecture and the disposal of the treated water.