IAEA9月理事会（議題3 原子力・放射線安全）ステートメント（清水知足公使）（英語）
令和8年9月7日
Thank you, Chair,
Japan appreciates the IAEA’s activities contained in DG’s report ‘Nuclear and Radiation Safety’.
Chair,
With recognition of the great importance of the IAEA Safety Standards and ongoing works to further reinforce and revise them, Japan attaches significance to the Convention on Nuclear Safety as well as the Joint Convention. We welcome the outcome of the 10th Review Meeting of the Convention on Nuclear Safety which was held in April this year.
Japan is committed to enhancing global nuclear safety, while further improving its own nuclear regulatory framework. Through the IRRS mission conducted earlier this year, the Agency confirmed that Japan has further strengthened its regulatory framework and the Agency observed a highly independent regulator with clear leadership and a strong focus on nuclear safety.
Japan has consistently put a top priority on the safety, and the safety of Japan's nuclear power plants is appropriately reviewed and inspected by the Nuclear Regulation Authority thoroughly.
Chair,
Japan has continued to support international capacity building in nuclear and radiological emergency preparedness and response by hosting several training activities at the RANET (Response and Assistance Network) Capacity Building Centre in Miharu, Fukushima Prefecture.
Chair,
On Fukushima, Japan appreciates the IAEA’s continuous pivotal role in overseeing reconstruction and decommissioning, including the discharge of ALPS treated water. I will provide the Board with updates, and I must reiterate that the term “contaminated water” is wholly inaccurate. It is ALPS treated water that Japan discharges.
Since August 2023, 22 batches of ALPS treated water, totaling over 170,000 m3, have been safely discharged as planned, with the 23rd batch currently in progress. Ongoing robust monitoring under the IAEA framework, including the enhanced participation of third countries’ analytical laboratories worldwide, continues to confirm its safety. The IAEA Task Force—comprising IAEA officials and international experts including those from neighboring countries in the Asia Pacific and beyond—has consistently reaffirmed the conclusion of the IAEA’s comprehensive report that the discharge is in accordance with international safety standards and will have a negligible radiological impact on people and the environment.
Japan remains committed to a scientific approach and to providing transparent, evidence-based explanations to the international community.
With these comments, Japan takes note of the report.
Thank you, Chair.
Japan appreciates the IAEA’s activities contained in DG’s report ‘Nuclear and Radiation Safety’.
Chair,
With recognition of the great importance of the IAEA Safety Standards and ongoing works to further reinforce and revise them, Japan attaches significance to the Convention on Nuclear Safety as well as the Joint Convention. We welcome the outcome of the 10th Review Meeting of the Convention on Nuclear Safety which was held in April this year.
Japan is committed to enhancing global nuclear safety, while further improving its own nuclear regulatory framework. Through the IRRS mission conducted earlier this year, the Agency confirmed that Japan has further strengthened its regulatory framework and the Agency observed a highly independent regulator with clear leadership and a strong focus on nuclear safety.
Japan has consistently put a top priority on the safety, and the safety of Japan's nuclear power plants is appropriately reviewed and inspected by the Nuclear Regulation Authority thoroughly.
Chair,
Japan has continued to support international capacity building in nuclear and radiological emergency preparedness and response by hosting several training activities at the RANET (Response and Assistance Network) Capacity Building Centre in Miharu, Fukushima Prefecture.
Chair,
On Fukushima, Japan appreciates the IAEA’s continuous pivotal role in overseeing reconstruction and decommissioning, including the discharge of ALPS treated water. I will provide the Board with updates, and I must reiterate that the term “contaminated water” is wholly inaccurate. It is ALPS treated water that Japan discharges.
Since August 2023, 22 batches of ALPS treated water, totaling over 170,000 m3, have been safely discharged as planned, with the 23rd batch currently in progress. Ongoing robust monitoring under the IAEA framework, including the enhanced participation of third countries’ analytical laboratories worldwide, continues to confirm its safety. The IAEA Task Force—comprising IAEA officials and international experts including those from neighboring countries in the Asia Pacific and beyond—has consistently reaffirmed the conclusion of the IAEA’s comprehensive report that the discharge is in accordance with international safety standards and will have a negligible radiological impact on people and the environment.
Japan remains committed to a scientific approach and to providing transparent, evidence-based explanations to the international community.
With these comments, Japan takes note of the report.
Thank you, Chair.