Xinhua News Agency Beijing, October 9th. The South Korean government said on the 8th that South Korea has called on the international community to initiate discussions at a meeting of the International Maritime Organization in response to the plan to discharge nuclear polluted water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the sea, and pointed out that this Such an approach could have serious negative consequences for neighboring countries.
"London Dumping Convention" and its Protocol Conference was held in London, UK from 3rd to 7th. This convention explicitly prohibits the discharge of radioactive waste into the sea, and points out that radioactive waste, regardless of its concentration, may pose a major threat to the marine environment.
On April 14, 2021, South Koreans rallied outside the Japanese embassy in Seoul to protest against the Japanese government's discharge of Fukushima nuclear waste water into the sea. Xinhua News Agency (Photo by Xu Ruxi)
South Korea's Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries said on the 8th that South Korea stated during the conference that Japan's plan to discharge nuclear-polluted water into the sea may have a serious negative impact on the safety of aquatic products, public health and ecological environment in neighboring countries, calling for The international community is discussing this.
The Korean government has made the above appeal at this conference many times since 2019. Japan argues that the discharge of nuclear-contaminated water into the sea is not the dumping of waste into the ocean, and therefore does not belong to the scope of discussion at the General Assembly.
Nuclear waste water storage tanks at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan on October 12, 2017. Xinhua News Agency issued
The Japanese government officially decided in April 2021 to filter and dilute millions of tons of nuclear-contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant and discharge it into the sea, and plan to discharge it into the Pacific Ocean for a long time from the spring of 2023 The so-called " radioactive material up to standard" nuclear-contaminated water.
The unilateral decision of the Japanese government to discharge nuclear-contaminated water into the ocean has been widely questioned and opposed by the international community, especially stakeholders, and has also aroused strong concerns in Japan. (Zhang Jing)
