TOKYO: From livestreamed fish to diplomatic study trips, Japan is waging a concerted campaign to calm controversy before it begins releasing treated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea. The problem is massive: the Fukushima Daiichi plant, where several reactors melted down after the 2011 ts
TOKYO: From livestreamed fish to diplomatic study trips, Japan is waging a concerted campaign to calm controversy before it begins releasing treated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea.
TEPCO and Japan's government want to release the treated liquid, diluted with seawater, via a pipe extending a kilometre from the coast where the plant sits.and renders the water no different to that regularly released by nuclear plants elsewhere, a view endorsed by experts and the UN nuclear watchdog.
Claims about risks"are not founded in scientific evidence", added Jim Smith, professor of environmental science at the University of Portsmouth. Anti-nuclear group Greenpeace has been among the loudest voices condemning the plan, accusing the government of having"discounted the radiation risks".Fishing communities that spent years battling stigma and even bans on their catches now fear that rebuilt customer confidence will be destroyed.
There have also been technical briefings for neighbours like South Korea, though government officials said multiple invitations for such talks with China had gone unanswered.International Atomic Energy Agency, which has endorsed the release plan and will monitor its implementation"This is the organisation which can provide reassurance to not only the Japanese people but to the international community ...
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