Ten years before the Great East Japan Earthquake, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Kajiyama will continue to focus on the decommissioning of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station of Tokyo Electric Power Company and the reconstruction of the affected areas at a press conference after the Cabinet meeting on the 9th. I emphasized the attitude.
Among them, Minister Kajiyama said, "Further challenges such as taking out fuel debris for the decommissioning of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, efforts to lift evacuation orders in difficult-to-return areas, and realizing autonomous and sustainable industrial development. We must solve each problem one by one, "he emphasized his stance of focusing on decommissioning and reconstruction of the affected areas.
On that basis, Minister Kajiyama commented on the future of nuclear power plants, saying, "We will do our utmost to agree to restart only nuclear power plants that have firmly cleared the new regulatory standards, but we have not regained trust yet, and at this point we have not regained trust and are currently expanding or rebuilding nuclear power plants. I don't expect it. "
Regarding the disposal of water containing radioactive substances such as tritium, which continues to increase at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, he said, "There is no change in releasing it at the right time, and I do not change my mind as soon as possible."