Representative of the local fishery cooperative protests to the mayor in selecting “nuclear waste” final disposal site August 21 11:39
The representative of the local fishery cooperative handed out a protest letter to the mayor in response to the fact that the town of Suttsu in Hokkaido was considering applying for the survey in selecting the final disposal site for so-called "nuclear waste".
Regarding the selection of the final disposal site for "high-level radioactive waste," so-called "nuclear waste," from the spent nuclear fuel of the nuclear power plant, Mayor Haruo Kataoka of Jutsu-cho will go to the "literature survey" as the first step in the selection. It is clear that we are considering applying for.
On the 21st, six representatives of the "Otaru District Fisheries Cooperative President's Association" made by the union president of a local fishery cooperative met with Mayor Kataoka at the town hall and handed out a protest letter.
The protest statement states that the application for the survey is "not accepted by fishermen who have received rumors after the accident at TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station".
On top of that, he says, "I have a strong distrust and resentment about the important issues that should be discussed in the whole of Hokkaido and that some people are involved in it, and I strongly oppose the application."
In response, Mayor Kataoka said, "I want to take it seriously. I want you to rest assured that the neighboring towns and villages will not bother you."
After the visit, Chairman Katsuo Hamano of the union presidency said, "The fishing industry that has managed to get on track after the nuclear accident in Fukushima will be useless as it is." At the meeting as well, he showed the idea of expressing his opposition to the application.