JAPANESE Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol that the planned release of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant’s treated radioactive water is according to international safety standards.
Kishida promised that Japan will take appropriate measures which includes halting the release if it goes beyond safety standards.
Despite the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) claiming that the release will not affect marine or human life given their assessment report of the treated water, Japan’s neighboring countries still strongly oppose the decision.
Yoon’s office said that they asked the Japanese government to share real time monitoring information with South Korea and allow their experts to participate in the safety checking process despite him stating that he respects the U.N. agency’s decision to allow Japan to proceed with the release.
To recall, the IAEA has been conducting an independent safety review of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant’s radioactive waste water for two years before submitting it Tokyo last week, which gave a green light for release this summer.
It can be noted that some chemicals such as tritium are still present in the waste water despite methods that are being used to clean the radioactive substance.
This raises concerns from neighboring countries such as Russia and just recently China’s Zhang Keijan Slammed Japan’s actions calling it irresponsible as it could affect the environment and human health altogether.
