The plan has raised concerns in neighbouring countries, prompting China to ban some food imports and sparking protests in South Korea. theSun theSundaily Fukushima NorthKorea IAEA
South Korean protesters hold placards reading “We oppose the dumping of Fukushima contaminated water into the sea” outside a room hosting a meeting between Rafael Grossi, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency , and officials from South Korea’s main opposition Democratic Party at the National Assembly in Seoul on July 9, 2023.
The release of the treated water will have a “fatal adverse impact on the human lives and security and ecological environment,“ an official from Pyongyang’s environmental protection ministry said in a statement carried by the official Korean Central News Agency. The plant operator treats the water to remove almost all radioactive elements except tritium, and plans to dilute it before discharging it into the ocean over several decades.
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