核ごみ、「文献調査」応募へ　議会委が請願採択―北海道神恵内村

　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、北海道神恵内村の村議会は２日の常任委員会で、第１段階に当たる「文献調査」への応募を求めた地元商工会の請願を賛成多数で採択した。委員会には全村議が所属。近く招集する本会議でも採択し、高橋昌幸村長が応募を表明する見通しだ。
　同村が応募すれば２００７年に申請後取り下げた高知県東洋町以来１３年ぶりとなる。
　委員会終了後、記者団の取材に応じた高橋村長は「最終的な議会の判断は本会議。議決を尊重する」と述べるにとどめたが、本会議での採択は確実な情勢で、応募を表明するとみられる。（2020/10/02-18:18）

A Hokkaido village assembly Friday voted to apply for a first-stage survey to choose a municipality hosting a planned final disposal site for high-level radioactive waste from power plants.
   The assembly of Kamoenai, northern Japan, adopted a petition from a local chamber of commerce asking the village to apply for the so-called literature survey by a majority vote at a meeting of the assembly's standing committee, which comprises all assembly members
   The survey, which checks geological literature and data, is the first of the three stages of examination in the selection process.
   Kamoenai Mayor Masayuki Takahashi is expected to announce the plan to apply for the survey after the petition is also approved at a plenary session, to be convened soon.
   Before Friday's voting, industry ministry and other officials briefed the committee about the explanations given to Kamoenai residents by the ministry and others in a five-day meeting in late September.