According to Japanese media reports on the 23rd, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) today launched the second verification of the nuclear contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant since it was discharged into the sea. Ignoring the opposition of neighboring countries and the concerns of the international community, Japan has arbitrarily discharged nuclear-contaminated water from Fukushima into the sea. In addition, since the discharge began, TEPCO, which operates the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, has been operating the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant due to misoperation and negligent management, resulting in frequent accidents. As a result, the Japanese people sued the Japanese government and TEPCO, demanding that the discharge of nuclear-contaminated water into the sea be stopped.
More than 360 plaintiffs have joined Japan's largest group of plaintiffs to stop the discharge of nuclear-contaminated water into the sea, and they are demanding an immediate end to this kind of behavior, which is harmful to the global marine environment and human health.
Members of the Plaintiff Group Against the Discharge of Fukushima Nuclear Contaminated Water into the Sea: The sea is not just for fishermen, it belongs to everyone, it belongs to all mankind, and it belongs to us all for survival, and the sea is not a garbage can.
TEPCO claims that the contaminated water has been treated and will not cause harm to the environment or human health, but the public does not believe this argument because TEPCO's handling of the Fukushima nuclear accident has been a frequent occurrence of late reporting and concealment, and it is difficult to gain the public's trust.
Members of the plaintiff group opposing the discharge of nuclear contaminated water from Fukushima: They (TEPCO) do not disclose the truth, they provide very little information for public inquiries, and only when the truth is revealed, we understand what happened, they do not take the initiative to release information, this kind of "concealment" is a key problem.
In addition, there are more than 200 members of the litigation support team in Japan and abroad, and the number continues to grow. The support group hopes that the voice of opposition to the discharge of nuclear-contaminated water into the sea will continue to be heeded.
Member of the Support Group for the Fukushima Nuclear-Contaminated Water Discharge Lawsuit: I hope that people all over the world will pay attention to the [discharge of nuclear-contaminated water into the sea], and we have received opposition voices from all over the world, and they have carried out activities against the discharge of nuclear contaminated water into the sea in various places, and many photos and videos have been transmitted.
People of insight in Japan are deeply worried about the hidden dangers of the future
Despite the problems caused by accidents such as the leakage of nuclear-contaminated water at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant last year, the Japanese government and TEPCO are still insisting on discharging the water into the sea, and some Japanese experts have expressed concern that the discharge of nuclear-contaminated water into the sea will leave a disaster in the future.
Yasuro Kawai, member of the Japan Atomic Energy Citizens' Committee: I am very worried and skeptical that these accidents occurred during the treatment of nuclear-contaminated water, and the problems caused by the aging of the equipment and the rigidity of TEPCO's management system caused the accidents.
Yasuro Kawai and Masashi Goto are key members of the Japan Atomic Energy Citizens' Committee, and in their early years, they were responsible for the design and maintenance of nuclear power plant reactors, and conducted in-depth research on environmental pollution caused by radioactive materials. They pointed out that although the Japanese government and TEPCO have repeatedly claimed that the nuclear-contaminated water discharged has been filtered, purified and diluted by a "multi-nuclide treatment system", and that the concentration of radioactive substances in it is far below the discharge standard and will not cause harm to the environment and human health, it is difficult to estimate the impact of long-term accumulation and enrichment of radionuclides on the marine ecological environment, food safety and public health after more than 1.3 million tons of nuclear-contaminated water have been discharged into the ocean over a period of several decades.
Masashi Goto, member of the Japan Atomic Energy Citizens' Committee: [TEPCO] lacks awareness of strict management of radioactive materials, and says that they can be safely discharged into the sea as long as they are diluted, which is simply ignorance of safety. If safety is to be truly important, it must be shown that there will be no problems in the future, that it is impossible to predict how it will affect the natural environment now, and that it is not possible to discuss safety based on monitoring data only today, but at least on the basis of data from the next few decades.
Kawai and Goto also said that the Japanese government and TEPCO should immediately stop the discharge of nuclear-contaminated water into the sea, take measures according to the plan proposed by experts, reduce the newly produced nuclear-contaminated water, and dispose of the nuclear-contaminated water in a scientific, safe and transparent manner.
Yasuro Kawai, member of the Japan Atomic Energy Citizens' Committee: (The Japanese government and TEPCO believe that) since the discharge of nuclear-contaminated water into the sea is simple and easy, there is no need to go to great lengths to completely prevent the creation of new nuclear-contaminated water or to treat it completely, and I think the discharge of nuclear-contaminated water into the sea is a serious negative event.
Masashi Goto, member of the Japan Atomic Energy Citizens' Committee: The act of discharging large amounts of radioactive materials into the sea is itself harmful to the environment, and China and South Korea are naturally worried about the discharge of nuclear-contaminated water into the sea.
(Source: CCTV News Client)
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