最終処分地、３０年以降に決定　福島の除染土で工程表案―環境省

　環境省は１２日、東京電力福島第１原発事故に伴う除染で発生した「除去土壌」について、２０４５年３月までの福島県外での最終処分に向けた工程表案を有識者会議に示した。処分地の決定は３０年ごろ以降としたが、具体的な時期は盛り込まなかった。２５年度から候補地の選定プロセスの検討に入る。
　中間貯蔵施設（福島県大熊町、双葉町）に運び込まれた除去土壌は、２４年１２月末時点で約１４００万立方メートル。このうち４分の３に当たる放射能濃度が１キログラム当たり８０００ベクレル以下の土は公共事業などで再生利用し、残りを最終処分する。再生利用の本格実施は３０年ごろとなる見通しだ。（2025/02/12-16:11）

Japan's Environment Ministry plans to decide around 2030 or later where to finally dispose of soil removed from the ground during decontamination work after the March 2011 disaster at Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant, it was learned Wednesday.
   The plan was included in a draft timetable for the final disposal of such soil outside Fukushima Prefecture by March 2045, presented by the ministry at a meeting of a related expert panel on the day. The ministry will consider a process for selecting final disposal sites from fiscal 2025.
   As of the end of December 2024, about 14 million cubic meters of such soil had been transported to an interim storage facility straddling the Fukushima towns of Okuma and Futaba.
   Three-quarters of the soil had radiation concentrations of 8,000 becquerels per kilogram or less and will be reused in public works, while the rest will be subject to final disposal.
   Final disposal sites are estimated to require up to 50 hectares if the volume of the soil is not reduced, or 2 to 3 hectares if the volume is reduced. Meanwhile, radiation levels would be higher in the reduced soil.