核ごみ応募、反対相次ぐ　住民説明会を報道公開―北海道寿都町

　北海道寿都町は１０日夜、高レベル放射性廃棄物（核のごみ）の最終処分地選定をめぐり、住民説明会を開催した。７日の初開催以降４回目となる今回は報道陣に公開する形で実施。片岡春雄町長が選定の第１段階に当たる「文献調査」の応募検討に至った経緯を説明したが、町民からは反対意見が相次いだ。
　説明会には町民約２６０人が参加。午後６時半から３時間以上に及んだ。参加した町民からは「風評被害に遭う」「（調査を受け入れて）交付金をもらえば最終処分場につながる」などの反対が続出。来年の町長選後に議論を深めるべきだとの指摘も出た。（2020/09/10-23:16）

Many residents of a Japanese town considering hosting a final disposal facility for high-level radioactive waste have voiced opposition to the plan at a briefing session organized by the municipal government.
   The meeting was the fourth of its kind for residents of the town of Suttsu in the northernmost Japan prefecture of Hokkaido. The first such session was held on Monday.
   At Thursday's meeting, which was opened to the press, Suttsu Mayor Haruo Kataoka explained the reasons for considering applying for a literature survey, the first stage of a three-stage research process to select the location of the final disposal site for high-level radioactive waste from nuclear power plants.
   Some 260 residents attended the session, which lasted for over three hours from 6:30 p.m. (9:30 a.m. GMT).
   Participating residents voiced concerns that the move will lead to harmful rumors about the town, and that if the town receives subsidies from the Japanese government as a result of applying for the literature survey, it will have no choice but to become a final disposal site. Some said that detailed discussions should be held after the mayoral election in the town next year.