Japan prepares to dump about 1 million tons of radioactive water from Fukushima nuclear power plants into the sea
Beijing … News Time
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zhao Lijian has strongly criticized Japan’s shipment of millions of tons of radioactive water, saying it was “unprecedented in history.” Yesterday, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said in response to a question about the discharge of radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean that, according to Japanese media estimates, Japan will produce 1 million tons of radioactive wastewater over the next 30 years will be thrown into the sea. There is no precedent in the history of this dangerous process.
He asked Japan three questions:
First, did Japan listen to domestic and foreign suspicions? Japan’s move has been strongly opposed by more than 300 environmental groups, including its own people, China, South Korea, Russia and the European Union.
Second, is Japan’s move in line with international law? With this decision, Japan is setting the first example of discharging radioactive water into the sea after a serious nuclear accident. Some believe that Japan’s decision has the blessing of the United States. However, the permission of the United States is not equal to the permission of the entire international community.
Third, is Japan’s radiation wastewater really up to international standards? A report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) indicates that wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear plant still contains radioactive material.
The report points out that Fukushima nuclear contamination is likely to spread to North America. Zhao Lijian stressed that the sea is neither Japan’s garbage dump nor the Pacific Japan’s sewer. Japan should not endanger the whole world in dealing with nuclear waste. In other news, a South Korean presidential spokesman said yesterday that South Korean President Moon Jae-in on the same day, he informed the Japanese Ambassador to South Korea of Japan’s concern over the release of nuclear wastewater into the sea.
