A survey by the Ministry of the Environment found that nearly 80% of people outside the prefecture answered that they did not know the details of the final disposal of soil generated by decontamination in Fukushima Prefecture. increase.
The Ministry of the Environment has been conducting an internet survey five years ago to know the current interest and awareness of the current state of interest and awareness of the recycling of soil from decontamination in the interim storage facility in Fukushima Prefecture. The rest have answered.
Of these, 1680 people who responded for the first time this time were asked if they knew that the soil from the decontamination process had to be disposed of outside of Fukushima Prefecture by March 2045
. 51.6%
of people in
Fukushima Prefecture answered ▽
20.5% of people outside Fukushima Prefecture.
Among those outside of Fukushima Prefecture,
79.5% of respondents answered that they had heard of it but did not know about it, or that they had never heard of it. The problem is the lack of awareness.
The Ministry of the Environment plans to conduct demonstration projects at Shinjuku Gyoen in Shinjuku and facilities of the Ministry of the Environment in Tokorozawa City, Saitama Prefecture, toward the recycling of soil left over from decontamination. In response, the start date, which was originally scheduled for this fiscal year, is undecided.
The Ministry of the Environment
will continue to hold forums for citizens on the theme of disposal of soil from decontamination, and to
continue site tours of restoration projects being implemented in Fukushima Prefecture
. We are trying to foster understanding by considering a method of approach.
Residents who cooperated in the location of the interim storage facility
Residents of Futaba and Okuma in Fukushima Prefecture, who have drowned their tears and cooperated with the construction of an interim storage facility for decontamination waste on the premise that it will be disposed of outside of Fukushima Prefecture, have mixed feelings about this situation.
Due to the accident, the people of this area had their hometowns designated as difficult-to-return zones, and with no prospect of returning to their homes again, the government asked for cooperation, and more than 1,800 people were sent to build a vast interim storage facility surrounding the site of the nuclear power plant. , provided land for their homes, etc.
In Futaba Town, 10% of the area of the town will be used as an interim storage facility, and soil will be brought in sequentially from places with the cooperation of landowners, and work will proceed while dismantling buildings, etc., where there used to be a village. The decontaminated soil is also about to fill up the area where the soil was decontaminated.
One of the collaborators, Mr. Yasuharu Hashimoto, a town staff member's parents' house, is in a situation where it can be demolished at any time.
Five years after the nuclear accident, a stone monument was installed at a nearby shrine that read, "Although we were forced to leave this area for a long time, we hope that this torii will be passed down to the last generation and that people's lives will be revived. It will be erected," the local people's wishes are engraved, but the premises for cooperation in the site were: ▽Fukushima will not be a final disposal site, ▽Within 30 years from the start of transportation to the interim
storage
facility
This wish will not be fulfilled unless the promise to
transport all the waste out of the prefecture for final disposal is not kept.
Mr. Hashimoto said, "Even if you explain the safety with scientific evidence, it doesn't matter if the people who listen to you can feel at ease. Futaba Town is still in a harsh situation. Since we are moving forward toward reconstruction from there, I would like as many people as possible to understand the current situation of this town, rather than gaining sympathy, and I will also carefully explain to the government so that the public understands. I would like you to show your attitude to get and your future plans."
Expert "Social ethics are being questioned right now"
Hiroshi Kainuma, an associate professor at the University of Tokyo graduate school who is familiar with Fukushima's reconstruction, said, "There are strong demands from local governments and residents that we can't keep pushing the burden on Fukushima. In addition to disasters, many people are faced with unpredictable and absurd situations, and social ethics are now being questioned about how to help those in need. There is."