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Japanese Fisheries Officials Repeatedly Reveal Their Opposition to Ocean Discharge
Japanese government de facto decision on ‘ocean liberation’ in February
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The Japanese government is expected to decide during this month the policy of dumping contaminated water into the sea from the Fukushima nuclear power plant. Considering the prep period etc, the actual launch will start two years later, but the strong reaction continues. Reports Tokyo correspondent Lee Kyung-ah. Organizations representing fishing workers from all over Japan visited the Ministry of the Environment. He again strongly expressed his opposition to the government’s plan to release contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea. This post was also handed over to the residence of the Prime Minister, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, the ministry in charge of nuclear power plants. The Japanese government arrived in person after reports that the Japanese government would officially decide to free the seas later this month. Since last February, the Japanese government has been proactively considering the discharge of radioactive water into the sea through expert reports. It means that the concentration of radioactive substances such as “tritium”, which cannot be removed with current technology, drops below the standard level and flows. The Japanese government has said that it cannot always postpone the decision without specifying the timing of the announcement. Environmental groups criticize that they are trying to dispose of contaminated water in the sea in a hurry even though they may consider sufficient alternatives, such as increasing the storage sites for contaminated water. It has been suggested that it will listen to public opinion since last April, but some point out that it is only a food service after deciding the course of the process. When it is determined that radioactive contaminated water is discharged into the ocean, the actual discharge takes place approximately two years after equipment preparation, etc. During this period, the Japanese government is expected to continue to engage in wars of public opinion to alleviate not only the worsening of national public opinion, but also opposition from neighboring countries such as Korea. I’m Kyungah Lee from YTN in Tokyo.
