処理水大阪湾放出に「覚悟」　吉村知事、検討重ねて表明

　大阪府の吉村洋文知事は２０日までに、東京電力福島第１原発から出る処理水の大阪湾への放出について、政府からの要請を前提に検討する考えに変わりがないことを強調した。府庁で記者団に「覚悟がなければこの場で発信しない。腹をくくったから言うということだ」と語った。
　放射性物質トリチウムを含んだ処理水について、吉村氏はかねて、科学的根拠に基づいて環境基準を満たすのであれば海洋放出を容認すべきだと主張し、大阪湾での受け入れも検討する意向を表明。政府が海洋放出する方針を決めた１３日にも「政府から正式に要請があれば真摯（しんし）に検討する」と明言していた。（2021/04/20-15:34）

Osaka Governor Hirofumi Yoshimura has stressed that he will consider releasing treated radioactive water from the disaster-crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant into Osaka Bay if asked by the Japanese government.
   Speaking to reporters, Yoshimura said, "I wouldn't be talking about (the release of the treated water into the Osaka Bay) if I wasn't open to considering it."
   "I'm saying this because I've made up my mind (to consider the matter)," he added.
   Yoshimura had previously said that the treated water at the nuclear plant that contains tritium, a radioactive substance, should be allowed to be released into the sea if the water meets environmental standards that are backed by scientific proof.
   He had also said that he would consider releasing the treated water into Osaka Bay in western Japan.