A high school student from Fukushima Prefecture, who is learning about the decommissioning of the TEPCO Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, met with Prime Minister Kishida and requested that education be provided to acquire basic knowledge about nuclear power as compulsory education. ..
Five high school students from Fukushima Prefecture, who are learning about the decommissioning of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station of Tokyo Electric Power Company and the release of treated water containing radioactive substances such as tritium into the ocean, visited the Prime Minister's Office on the 29th and Prime Minister Kishida. And handed over the proposal.
In this, it is required to provide education to acquire basic knowledge about nuclear power as compulsory education, and to provide a place for wide-ranging discussions on how to proceed with reconstruction and the future of the disaster area.
Prime Minister Kishida, who received the proposal, said, "As a government, we take it firmly. It is very important to share various issues not only with young people and local people but also with the whole country and think seriously about ourselves. That's right. There was talk of compulsory education, but I definitely want to think about what to do specifically. "
After the visit, Mr. Atsushi Machida, a second-year high school student in Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture, said, "Each of us is seriously thinking about what kind of town we want our hometown to be in the future. I think they took it firmly. "