SEOUL, Aug 23 — South Korea’s majority opposition party and civic groups around the country stepped up protests today against Japan’s plan to release water from the Fukushima...
SEOUL, Aug 23 — South Korea’s majority opposition party and civic groups around the country stepped up protests today against Japan’s plan to release water from the Fukushima nuclear plant a day ahead of the planned start of the discharge.
Public concern remains high in South Korea over the plan to release more than 1 million metric tons of treated radioactive water starting at 1pm Japan time on Thursday, with a majority of people expressing worry over seafood and ocean contamination, according to surveys. Park said currents will carry the water around the Pacific along the Americas before it reaches South Korea’s shores in four years containing less radioactive tritium than normal sea water.
Documents from the Japanese government and the Fukushima plant operator show that radioactive contaminants will be removed from the water before it is pumped into sea, leaving only traces that are far below regulatory standards.China has been vocal in its opposition, calling the move “extremely selfish” and on Tuesday summoning Japan’s ambassador to lodge a diplomatic protest.
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