原子力、平和利用を訴え　オッペンハイマー博士の孫が会見

　「原爆の父」と呼ばれた米科学者ロバート・オッペンハイマー博士の孫、チャールズ・オッペンハイマー氏が３日、原子力について「兵器ではなくエネルギーとして議論を」と平和利用を訴えた。来日中の同氏は広島市訪問を終え、東京都内の日本記者クラブで記者会見した。
　同氏は「原爆だけでなく、あらゆる爆弾は使われるべきではない」と強調。米国、中国、ロシアといった超大国間の緊張が高まっている現状に触れ、「今こそ国際的な連帯を訴えた祖父や、被爆者たちのアドバイスから学ぶべき時だ」と指摘した。（2024/06/03-20:15）

Charles Oppenheimer, a grandson of U.S. scientist Robert Oppenheimer, dubbed the "father of the atomic bomb," has called for peaceful use of nuclear energy at a news conference in Tokyo.
   "I personally believe all bombs, not just atomic bombs,...should never be used by humanity," Oppenheimer said at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Monday after his visit to Hiroshima, which was attacked with a U.S. atomic bomb in 1945 during World War II.
   Nuclear technologies "can be used for energy and less for weapons," he also said.
   Referring to growing tensions between the United States, China and Russia, he said that now is the time to learn from the advice of his grandfather and hibakusha atomic bomb survivors who sought international solidarity.
   "We can use the same science and technology to save the world instead of destroying it," Oppenheimer said, expressing hopes that Japan and other Group of Seven members will lead discussions on peaceful use of nuclear energy.