Plans for the release of treated waste water from the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant have caused widespread concern in South Korea. Read more at straitstimes.com.
in an effort to build a bulwark against regional threats, and is set to hold his third summit since March with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida this weekend.
The Japanese utility giant Tepco is planning to release more than 1 million cubic metres of treated radioactive water – enough to fill 500 Olympic-size swimming pools – from the nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean, part of its nearly US$200 billion effort to clean up the worst atomic accident since Chernobyl.
Japan’s government has argued the release of the water can be done safely and is necessary, as storage space is running out at the plant. The nation’s nuclear regulator last year approved the release plan, which includes removing most radioactive elements and diluting the water, then releasing it about 1km offshore using an undersea tunnel.
“As it is so close there is ongoing frustration and anxiety especially among the people engaged in fisheries,” Korea National Diplomatic Academy Chancellor Park Cheol Hee, an adviser to Mr Yoon, told reporters earlier this week. He called on Japan to be “modest and humble” in explaining the issue.about the effects on the environment of the release, which comes as earthquake-prone Japan seeks to increase its use of nuclear power to help meet its climate change goals.
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