The United Nations nuclear chief toured Japan's tsunami-wrecked nuclear power plant Wednesday, the day after his agency affirmed the safety of a contentious plan.
Tomoaki Kobayakawa, President of Tokyo Electric Power Co., left, and Japanese Vice Industry Minister Fusae Ota escort Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, back to their bus while visiting the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant in Futaba, northeastern Japan, Wednesday, July 5, 2023.
The Japanese government has been trying to gain credibility for the water release, which still faces persistent opposition in and outside Japan. That means IAEA will be reviewing, inspecting, checking the validity of the plan in the decades to come, he said. During Wednesday's meeting, Fukushima fishery association chief Tetsu Nozaki urged government officials "to remember that the treated water plan is pushed forward despite our opposition."
Park Ku-yeon, first vice minister of South Korea's Office for Government Policy Coordination, said Seoul plans to comment on the IAEA findings when it issues the results of the country's own investigation on the potential effect of the water release, which he said will come soon. China doubled down on its objections to the release in a statement late Tuesday, saying the IAEA report failed to reflect all views and accusing Japan of treating the Pacific Ocean as a sewer.
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