Ｇ７、処理水放出を支持　「安全で透明性高い」―首脳声明

　【ファサーノ時事】先進７カ国首脳会議（Ｇ７サミット）は１４日に採択した首脳声明で、日本が昨年８月に開始した東京電力福島第１原発の処理水放出について「安全で透明性が高く、科学に基づいたプロセスを支持する」と表明した。日本は国際原子力機関（ＩＡＥＡ）の専門家らによる検証作業を受け入れるなど、放出の安全性について国際社会の理解醸成に力を入れている。（2024/06/15-05:01）

Leaders of the Group of Seven major countries expressed support Friday for Japan's release of treated water from the meltdown-stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant into the ocean.
   "We support Japan's safe, transparent and science-based process to responsibly manage the discharge" of the treated water," the leaders said in a joint communique adopted at the their summit in Puglia, southern Italy.
   Tokyo has been working to promote understanding in the international community on the safety of the water release, which began last August, including by accepting checks by experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency.
   The treated water from the Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. plant in northeastern Japan contains radioactive tritium, and it is being gradually discharged into the ocean after being diluted with a large amount of seawater.
   Although tritium levels in seawater and fishery products monitored by TEPCO and the Japanese government have been well below standards set by the state, China has slammed the water release and started to ban imports of Japanese fishery products immediately after the launch of the operation. Tokyo has been calling on Beijing to lift the ban, saying that it has not shown any scientific basis for the measure.