ハリケーンがもたらした洪水で浸水が懸念されるテキサス州の原発につき報ずるNews Punchの記事を送付する英文発信文をお届け致します。
原発の存在自体が最大の安全保障問題であること、米国が見舞われつつある天災は日本を含め世界中に広がりつつあることを指摘し、福島が抱える２号機危機及び２号機の脇に設置されている排気筒（これが崩落すれば数兆ベクレルの放射能の流出をもたらすと言われる）への対応が緊急課題である旨指摘しました。
日本が緊急に福島の収束に全力投球するべきであることは明白です。

村田光平
（元駐スイス大使）

テキサス州の原発 引用元:News Punch Dear Friends、 I am sending you an article of News Punch dated August 28、2017. Confronted with serious consequences of recent typhoons and flooding in Japan、we are led to think that the natural disasters taking place in the United States、would be spreading worldwide in future、 including Japan. The flooding crisis at the Texas Nuclear Plant teaches us that the existence itself of nuclear reactors is the top and real security issue. We are reminded of the Unit 2 crisis of the Fukushima Daiichi. If an earthquake of intensity 7 happens there、 the building of the Unit 2 could collapse、 bringing about a nuclear disaster that could make Tokyo uninhabitable in the worst case. We cannot but shudder to recall that besides the Unit 2 building stands a huge exhaust emission stack(more than 130 meters high). It is already partially damaged. If it collapses、 Trillions of Bq of radioactive radiation could be released. It is now obvious that Japan must consecrate all efforts to bring Fukushima under control and this very urgently. With warmest and highest regards、 Mitsuhei Murata Former Ambassador to Switzerland