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It was found that the seawater near Fukushima, Japan, flowed into our waters without much control.

Fisheries caught there because of radioactivity are still banned from importing, and reporter Hwa Kang-yoon reported how the seawater came to our shores.

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It is called ballast water after unloading cargo and injecting seawater to balance the lighter ship.

The problem is when a ship is filled with ballast with seawater near Fukushima.

This is because the ballast water, which may be contaminated with radiation, is discharged from the coast of Korea.

The ballast water discharged from the six prefectures around Fukushima Prefecture and discharged into our ocean is estimated to reach 128 million tons from September 2017 to July this year.

There were 6,703 tons of ballast water injected from offshore Fukushima, which has the greatest risk of radioactive contamination.

Marine products near Fukushima are blocked because of the danger of contamination, and the seawater with the marine products has flowed in unprotected.

[Kim Jong Hoe / Member of Parliament: A full survey of distribution channels including the degree of seawater contamination in Fukushima Japan, the presence of pollution in Korea, and the impacts on fish species are required.]

The Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries said it inspected ballast water from ships from Japan in 2011 and 2013 after a nuclear accident, but found no problems.

In addition, it has been explained that it is dealing with radioactive pollution four times a year by surveying 32 coastal coasts.

(Video Editing: Jeon Minkyu)