北海道における高レベル放射性廃棄物地層処分文献調査応募を巡る動きについての新聞報道分析

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This study investigated a series of press releases related to the application of literature inspection as the first step in selecting a disposal site for high-level radioactive waste in Sutsu-town and Kamoenai-village. We collected the articles from the database of each newspaper company; Hokkaido, Yomiuri, Asahi, and Mainichi. The results indicated that the contents differed between the local press and the whole country press. In the whole country presses, they simplified the various inhabitants’ views and local contexts, which are complicated and thus would not be understood by the dichotomy of approval or opponent. The phenomenon was described that the issue, which primarily should be treated nationwide, is getting narrowed down to be localized.