On April 13, protesters opposed the discharge of Fukushima nuclear sewage into the sea outside the prime minister’s residence in Tokyo, Japan. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Du Xiaoyi
China Net, April 15th. Regarding the treatment water stored in the Tokyo Electric Power Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, the Japanese government said on the 13th that the current storage tank for the treatment water in the nuclear power plant has reached a situation that may hinder the waste operation. A disposal decision was made to discharge it into the ocean. The plan is expected to be implemented in two years.
The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan suffered a core meltdown in the tsunami caused by the "March 11 Great East Japan Earthquake" in 2011, and also produced water contaminated with high-concentration radioactive materials. Tokyo Electric Power uses a dedicated device to remove the main radioactive substances in the contaminated water and store them in storage tanks. However, the currently treated water still contains "tritium", a radioactive substance that cannot be removed by equipment.
Japan's "Sankei Shimbun" published an article stating that fishery-related people in Fukushima Prefecture and other places opposed the government's decision. Japanese fishery practitioners stated that “the unremitting efforts over the past 10 years are in vain.” Even people who have shown a certain understanding of the issue of sea discharge have expressed their opinions and asked the government to give a full explanation.
According to the article, the offshore fishery in Fukushima Prefecture ended its trial fishing operations with limited sea areas and operating dates in March, and has just entered a fishing transition period. Local fishermen said that after the nuclear power plant accident, the lack of people who inherited the fishery became more and more serious. If the treated water is discharged into the sea, young people will lose sight of the future even more, and Fukushima's fishing industry will completely decline.
A fisherman engaged in whitebait fishing in Hitachi Naka City, Ibaraki Prefecture, said: “This is a decision to bring fishermen’s lives back to 10 years ago.” He said that after the nuclear power plant accident, other prefectures in Japan had rejected Ibaraki. The entry of seafood from the sea into the market. It is worried that after the treated water is discharged into the sea, the seafood in the sea area will once again be neglected by the market.
Nobuyuki Aizawa, the president of "MARUTA Fisheries", who is engaged in local aquatic product processing business in the Ugami area, Natori City, Miyagi Prefecture, said: "To promote waste dump work, the treated water cannot always be stored." He has a certain understanding of the Japanese government's decision. . But at the same time, he also asked: "I hope the government can explain in detail the safety of discharging the treated water into the sea."
President Hiroshi Kishi of the Japan National Fisheries Cooperative Association issued a statement on the 13th, saying that he regrets the decision of the Japanese government and cannot tolerate it. This is an act that tramples on the feelings of fishery practitioners across Japan. At the same time, the Japanese government is required to explain to fishery practitioners in order to eliminate anxiety, clarify the countermeasures for risk assessment, and guarantee safety. (Li Jinqiu)
