除去土壌の使用「適切」　伊藤環境相に報告書―ＩＡＥＡ

　国際原子力機関（ＩＡＥＡ）は１０日、東京電力福島第１原発事故に伴う放射性物質の除染で生じた「除去土壌」の再生利用と最終処分に関する最終報告書を伊藤信太郎環境相に提出した。農地や道路の盛り土として使う環境省の実証事業などを踏まえ、「適切な管理の下で再生土壌を使用することは適切」と評価した。
　ＩＡＥＡの担当者らと面会した伊藤環境相は「除染により発生した除去土壌の再生利用・最終処分について評価を頂いたことは、大きな支えになると信じている」と述べた。
　ＩＡＥＡの専門家らは、農地造成の実証を行う福島県飯舘村などを視察。報告書では、環境省の取り組みが国際的な安全基準に合致しているとの見解を示した。（2024/09/10-16:03）

The International Atomic Energy Agency on Tuesday backed Japan's approach to recycling and disposing of soil and radioactive waste from decontamination of areas affected by the 2011 Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant accident.
   Japanese efforts, including an Environment Ministry project to use such soil in embankments for roads, agricultural land and others, showed that it is "appropriate to use the recycled soil under proper management," the U.N. agency said in a final report submitted to Environment Minister Shintaro Ito.
   Ito met with IAEA officials and said that the IAEA's evaluation of the recycling and disposal plan provides a significant support.
   The IAEA has conducted three international expert missions since 2023, including one that investigated the project in Iitate, Fukushima Prefecture, to recycle soil removed from areas contaminated due to the meltdowns at Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s power plant. The report said that the ministry's approach is consistent with international safety standards.
   In decontamination activities, about 13 million cubic meters of soil has been removed. The soil is temporarily stored at an interim storage facility straddling Okuma and Futaba, the host municipalities of the TEPCO plant.