中韓の専門家受け入れへ　処理水放出でＩＡＥＡと分析―環境省

　環境省は１１日、東京電力福島第１原発の処理水の海洋放出に関し、国際原子力機関（ＩＡＥＡ）や中国、韓国、カナダの専門家を受け入れ、１６～２３日に放出口周辺で海水や水産物などの試料を共同採取すると発表した。国内や３カ国の研究機関などで放射性物質の濃度を分析し、ＩＡＥＡが約１年後に評価報告書をまとめる。
　中国は処理水放出に反発し、日本産水産物を全面禁輸している。先月ウィーンで開かれたＩＡＥＡの年次総会では、中国の代表が処理水について「核汚染水」との呼称を用い、日本の対応を批判した。（2023/10/11-15:27）

Japan will accept experts from China and South Korea to jointly collect samples of seawater and fishery products around where tritium-containing treated water from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant is being discharged into the ocean, the Environment Ministry said Wednesday.
   The joint sampling will take place from next Monday to Oct. 23 and will also involve experts from Canada and the International Atomic Energy Agency. The three participating countries were selected by the IAEA.
   The concentrations of radioactive substances in the samples will be analyzed by research institutes in Japan, China, South Korea and Canada, and the IAEA will compile an evaluation report in about a year.
   In protest against the water discharge, China has imposed a blanket ban on imports of Japanese fishery products. At the IAEA's annual meeting in Vienna last month, the Chinese representative called the treated water "nuclear-contaminated water" and criticized Japan.
   The joint sampling is aimed at gaining international trust in the monitoring of the Fukushima water release and preventing harmful rumors.