South Korean protesters call for government action on Fukushima water
South Korean people chant slogans during a protest against Japan’s discharge of treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean, in Seoul, South Korea, August 26, 2023. ― Reuters pic
Saturday, 26 Aug 2023 6:32 PM MYT
SEOUL, Aug 26 ― Protesters gathered in the capital of South Korea today to demand that the government take steps to avoid what they fear is a looming disaster from Japan’s release of treated radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant.
Japan began dumping the water from the plant north of Tokyo into the sea on Thursday despite objections both at home and abroad from fishing communities and others worried about the environmental impact.
“We will not be immediately seeing disasters like detecting radioactive materials in seafood but it seems inevitable that this discharge would pose a risk to the local fishing industry and the government needs to come up with solutions,” said Choi Kyoungsook of the Korea Radiation Watch group that organised the rally.
About 50,000 people joined the protest, according to the organisers.
Japan and scientific organisations say the water, distilled after being contaminated by contact with fuel rods when the reactor was destroyed in a 2011 earthquake and tsunami, is safe.
Saturday, 26 Aug 2023 6:32 PM MYT
SEOUL, Aug 26 ― Protesters gathered in the capital of South Korea today to demand that the government take steps to avoid what they fear is a looming disaster from Japan’s release of treated radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant.
Japan began dumping the water from the plant north of Tokyo into the sea on Thursday despite objections both at home and abroad from fishing communities and others worried about the environmental impact.
“We will not be immediately seeing disasters like detecting radioactive materials in seafood but it seems inevitable that this discharge would pose a risk to the local fishing industry and the government needs to come up with solutions,” said Choi Kyoungsook of the Korea Radiation Watch group that organised the rally.
About 50,000 people joined the protest, according to the organisers.
Japan and scientific organisations say the water, distilled after being contaminated by contact with fuel rods when the reactor was destroyed in a 2011 earthquake and tsunami, is safe.
South Korean people chant slogans during a protest against Japan’s discharge of treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean, in Seoul, South Korea, August 26, 2023. ― Reuters pic
The utility responsible for the plant, Tokyo Electric Power 9501.T has been filtering the water to remove isotopes, leaving only tritium, a radioactive isotope of hydrogen that is hard to separate.
Japan’s fisheries agency said on Saturday that fish tested in waters around the plant did not contain detectable levels of tritium, Kyodo news service reported.
South Korea has said it sees no scientific problems with the water release but environmental activists argue that all possible impacts have not been studied.
“Nobody can tell what’s going to happen to the marine ecosystem in the next 100 years,” said Choi.
Japan says it needs to start releasing the water as storage tanks holding about 1.3 million metric tons of it ― enough to fill 500 Olympic-sized swimming pools ― are full.
The first discharge of 7,800 cubic metres ― equivalent to about three Olympic pools ― will take place over about 17 days. ― Reuters
The utility responsible for the plant, Tokyo Electric Power 9501.T has been filtering the water to remove isotopes, leaving only tritium, a radioactive isotope of hydrogen that is hard to separate.
Japan’s fisheries agency said on Saturday that fish tested in waters around the plant did not contain detectable levels of tritium, Kyodo news service reported.
South Korea has said it sees no scientific problems with the water release but environmental activists argue that all possible impacts have not been studied.
“Nobody can tell what’s going to happen to the marine ecosystem in the next 100 years,” said Choi.
Japan says it needs to start releasing the water as storage tanks holding about 1.3 million metric tons of it ― enough to fill 500 Olympic-sized swimming pools ― are full.
The first discharge of 7,800 cubic metres ― equivalent to about three Olympic pools ― will take place over about 17 days. ― Reuters
This has got to be the most successful disinformation campaign in the history of Asia.
ReplyDeleteThey have been frightened into thinking the original raw contaminated water from the reactors are being simply dumped into the sea.
They scare people with words like , "radionuclides" .
Fact is, Radiation can only come from radioactive suspended solids, radioactive dissolved molecules or radioactive or dissolved ions . The water. If you remove all those, what do you think is left behind ?
You get people from the "Radiation Watch group" asking "what’s going to happen to the marine ecosystem in the next 100 years,”
If there is no detectable radiation in the released water, what do you Think ??
Malaysia made the right decision, based on sound nuclear science , NOT to ban imported Japanese seafood, just monitor it for any radioactive contamination.
Wakakakaka…
ReplyDeleteYr f*cking kind of successful disinformation coming out of that Jap's ¥700B propaganda spending.
"no detectable radiation in the released water"
Then, THINK
Ain't tritium radionuclide?
Ain't carbon14 radionuclide?
Ain't those unmentioned radionuclides that accounting for the high radioactivity dose of the ALP treated contaminated water?
Ain't those radionuclides that r small or equal in size than water molecule that permeated through the ALP membrane radioactive?
BTW, small doses of radioactive take long time to exhibit their deadly potent selves. That's not including the accumulative effect of the marine beings consuming via food chain & direct radiated mutations?
Mfer, do repeat yr f*cked disinformative propagandas to prove yr blind evilness & scientific vacuity!