核ごみ請願、賛成多数で採択　最終処分場調査―佐賀県玄海町議会委

　佐賀県玄海町議会は２５日、全町議で構成する原子力対策特別委員会を開き、原発から出る高レベル放射性廃棄物（核のごみ）の最終処分場選定の第１段階となる「文献調査」の応募を求める請願を賛成多数で採択した。請願は地元商工団体が町議会に提出していた。
　特別委で文献調査に関し審議するのは２回目。前回は資源エネルギー庁など関係機関の担当者を招き、核のごみの処分の現状や調査の進め方などについて説明を受けた。特別委での採択を受けて本会議で採決され、最終的に脇山伸太郎町長が受け入れの可否を判断する。特別委の終了後に報道陣の取材に応じた脇山町長は、大型連休後にも判断する考えを示した。（2024/04/25-12:36）

A special committee of a Saga Prefecture town assembly is expected to approve a petition to accept a "literature survey" for a possible final disposal site for high-level radioactive waste from nuclear plants.
   At the Genkai assembly in southwestern Japan, the committee on nuclear energy issues, consisting of all assembly members, began its second discussion on the petition, submitted by local business groups.
   In the previous discussion, the committee received explanations from officials from related organizations including the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy and the Nuclear Waste Management Organization of Japan, or NUMO, which conducts the survey.
   If the petition is approved by the special committee and then the full assembly, the Genkai mayor will need to make the final decision on whether to accept the survey. The mayor, Shintaro Wakiyama, has taken a cautious stance on the issue by far.
   The literature survey, which looks into papers and data, is the first of the three stages in the process of selecting a final disposal site. Municipalities can decide whether to apply for the survey, and those that accept can receive up to 2 billion yen in state subsides over two years.