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“Did everyone know that tritium-containing water was dumped into the sea at the original nuclear power plants? Was it the first time we found out or is it all like that? I’m anxious and wondering if it’s real. “
Miyagi Prefecture, just above Fukushima Prefecture, “facing the release of the ocean”
“If you are really good with 10 years of effort … drink it”
Sea squirt production 70% to Korea … Now all sales channels are cut off
On the 22nd, the head of the Miyagi Prefectural Fisheries Cooperative, Terasawa Haruhiko, asked the reporter as soon as he met the reporter. It was hard to know how far the Japanese government and Tokyo Electric Power’s explanation that “polluted water discharged from the ocean is at a level that is harmless to humans” is believed. Having lived in the sea all his life, he seemed to have opened “Pandora’s Box”, which says: “All nuclear power plants emit water contaminated with tritium.”
In an interview with JoongAng Ilbo on the 22nd, Mr. Terasasawa Haruhiko, president of the Miyagi Prefectural Fisheries Cooperative Association, said in an interview with JoongAng Ilbo: “I am opposed to the discharge of contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power to the ocean. ” Correspondent Yoon Seol-young.
As the Japanese government’s policy of dumping contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the sea is known, it is the fishermen who are most against it. This is due to concerns that efforts made to overcome the “radioactive fear” that has spread at home and abroad since the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011 may be in vain. Miyagi prefecture, which is located just above Fukushima prefecture, is one of the most intensely rebellious areas.
“If you call it ‘treatment water’, will it change? If it’s okay to drink, try it for real. ”
The president of Terasawa said, “Because contaminated water is called treated water, from people’s point of view, can you eat seafood with confidence?”
In particular, in the summer of 2022, given that the contaminated water tank capacity currently being stored is full, TEPCO’s explanation that the disposal method must be decided two years in advance has raised a strong question. He said: “I was also considering the air release plan and at some point I disappeared. “Gather technical knowledge and look for other methods,” he said. “It’s hard to accept if you set the direction of the ocean discharge route and get on with the job.”
They also showed strong mistrust in the government. He said: “If the government does not hide or disclose information and explain it in a transparent way, it cannot be accepted,” he said. “If it’s okay to drink contaminated (government) water, really drink it.”
On the 23rd at 5 am, a saury fishing boat disembarks at Onagawa port in Miyagi prefecture. JTBC reporter Sang-Yong Park
The last day 23 at 5 in the morning. At the fourth largest port in Miyagi Prefecture, Onagawa Port (caught 14,777 tonnes in 2018) was in full swing for saury fishing boats. This year, as the water temperature rises and the number of foreign fishing boats increases, the fishing condition of the saurians is not the usual one.
In addition, the news of the decision to release contaminated water was delivered, which caused the delay of the fishermen. It is about 170 km from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, but since Miyagi Prefecture is the closest to Fukushima Prefecture, we were concerned about “ wind damage from false rumors. ”
A fisherman who was looking at the saury fishing boat said, “If people say it is radioactive, it is natural for people to hate it, and are they afraid of what will happen?” One supplier said: “When the release into the ocean begins, the increase in sales volume will almost certainly decrease,” he said. “I hope to find a method other than release into the ocean.”
Just above Fukushima prefecture … 70% of sea squirts traveled to Korea before the accident
Shikio Abe, a sea squirt farmer, is the biggest victim of the South Korean government’s 2013 decision to ban fish imports from eight prefectures, including Fukushima.
Before the Great East Japan Earthquake, it exported 100% of the sea squirt it produced to Korea, and now makes a living through damage compensation from Tokyo Electric Power and the Japanese government. He said, “If I think about it, I wouldn’t have imported Japanese products,” he said.
Abe Chijio, a sea squirt farming business in Miyagi Prefecture, responds to an interview with JoongAng Ilbo on the 23rd. Correspondent Yoon Seol-young
Before the nuclear accident, 70% of the sea squirt produced in Miyagi prefecture was on the Korean table. A car of live fish with sea squirts traveled 1,400 km daily from Onagawa to Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture. It was transported by ferry from Shimonoseki to Busan port, and the live fish transported fresh sea squirts from Busan port to Seoul.
They thought that the import ban would be lifted in about five years and started farming sea squirts again, but the “radioactive fear” did not go away easily. As relations between Korea and Japan deteriorated, I even thought it was a political reason. Finally, in 2016 and 2017, 7,600 tons of 13,000 tons of sea squirt produced in Miyagi prefecture and 6,900 tons of 12,000 tons were incinerated and disposed of respectively.
Abe still didn’t blame the Korean government. He said: “I think the cause is the ease of responding to the accident of the Tokyo electric power plant at the Fukushima nuclear power plant and the problem of polluted water of the Japanese government,” he said.
“Do you treat polluted water in the most powerless place? We have to tackle polluted water first, not the Olympics”
“Isn’t that the cheapest and easiest way to remove contaminated water in the most powerless place?” He said. “No matter how much money it costs, look for other methods.”
On the 23rd at 5 am, a saury fishing boat disembarks at Onagawa port in Miyagi prefecture. JTBC reporter Sang-Yong Park
According to data published on the website of the Japan Fisheries Agency, since April 2015 only one case (January-March 2019) of cesium above the standard value (100 becquerel / kg) has been detected in seafood. The Japanese government is testing radioactive substances in marine products using a sample-by-sample method.
The Japanese government was initially scheduled to hold a meeting of related ministers on the 27th to formally decide on ocean discharge policy. However, it is known that he has decided to retain the decision due to strong internal opposition.
According to Kyodo News, as a result of receiving public opinions on the treatment of contaminated water at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant from April to July this year, 2,700 of the total 4011 opinions received were “concerned about safety.” 1,400 opinions were also received stating that “there was no national consensus”. Japanese fisheries organizations have also expressed their position of “absolute opposition”, saying that the discharge of polluted water into the ocean has not won the understanding of fishermen and the public.
Miyagi Onagawa Prefecture = Correspondent Yoon Seol-young [email protected]
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