Japan began dumping water from the nuclear plant on Thursday despite objections.
SEOUL: 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 a wrecked nuclear power plant.
“We will not be immediately seeing disasters like detecting radioactive materials in seafood but it seems inevitable that this discharge would pose a risk on 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.Japan and scientific organisations say the water is safe.
Japan’s fisheries agency today said fish tested in waters around the plant did not contain detectable levels of tritium, Kyodo news service reported.
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