Seoul-Sana
Ahn Jae-hoon, director of energy and climate change at the Korea Federation of Environmental Movement, warned that the Japanese government's decision to discharge radioactive wastewater from the currently-disabled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the Pacific will endanger marine products and further pollute the ocean.
In an interview with Xinhua, Ahn said that 11 years have passed since the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident, but the severity of the radioactive contamination caused by it has not diminished much. An analysis of data for 2021 issued by the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare showed the discovery of the radioactive element cesium in 8 percent. A product of Japanese fisheries.
The Japanese government intends to discharge about 1.25 million tons of nuclear wastewater into the ocean over a period of 30 years from 2023, justifying its decision by claiming that the polluted water can be diluted with water and discharged at a lower concentration.
The environmental activist stressed that the ocean is not trash, and the international community should urge the Japanese government with one voice to stop its irresponsible move to dump polluted water into the ocean and find safer ways to get rid of it, pointing out that neighboring countries, including South Korea, may consider Establish an advisory body to make a coordinated effort to address this issue.
It was reported that the incoming South Korean government of President-elect Yoon Seok Yeol, who is scheduled to be sworn in as the country's president on May 10, intends to deal sternly with Japan's discharge of tritium-infused water.
The current Moon Jae-in government has completely banned the import of marine products caught in Japanese waters near Fukushima Prefecture.
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