The polarising move to start dumping the treated radioactive water also prompted the arrest of several people who tried to invade the Japanese embassy in Seoul.
, the discharge is a key step in a dauntingly long and difficult process of decommissioning the Fukushima Daiichi plant after it was destroyed by a tsunami in 2011.
Japanese fishing groups, hit with years of reputational damage from radiation fears, have long opposed the water release. South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said import bans on Fukushima fisheries and food products would stay in place until public concerns were eased. “The sea is not Japan’s trash bin,” read one of the protest banners. “Stop releasing contaminated water at once.”
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