中ロ「核汚染水」に抗議　日本政府、外交ルートで

　林芳正官房長官は１７日の記者会見で、中国とロシアの首脳共同声明で東京電力福島第１原発の処理水について「核汚染水」の表現も使って懸念を表明したことに対し、「事実に反する言及を行ったことは大変遺憾だ」と述べ、抗議したと明らかにした。抗議は外交ルートを通じ、１６日に中ロそれぞれに行った。
　林氏は処理水の海洋放出について「科学的観点から何ら問題は生じていない。広く国際社会からの理解と支持が得られている」と強調。「中国やロシアにも丁寧かつ透明性をもって説明していく」と述べた。（2024/05/17-10:58）

Japan has lodged protests with China and Russia after they referred to treated water being released from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant as "nuclear contaminated," Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said Friday.
   "It is very regrettable that an assertion contrary to the facts was made," Hayashi said at a press conference, referring to a joint statement issued by China and Russia after their summit in Beijing Thursday. The protests were lodged with Beijing and Moscow separately via diplomatic channels on Thursday.
   The Fukushima nuclear plant, which was crippled by a massive tsunami in 2011, started releasing treated water into the ocean in August last year after diluting it with seawater. The treated water contains small amounts of radioactive tritium.
   Hayashi said the release of the treated water has posed no problem from a scientific viewpoint and wins understanding and support from the international community. "Japan will explain this to China and Russia politely and transparently," he said.