China News Service, October 20. According to Korean media reports, Japanese media recently reported that the Japanese government intends to discharge large amounts of nuclear sewage from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the sea.
In this regard, the South Korean government and the people expressed dissatisfaction and strongly urged Japan to immediately stop preparations for the plan.
South Korea’s Jeju Island Governor Won Hee Long (transliteration) said on the 20th that if Japan discharges Fukushima nuclear power plant sewage into the sea, it will file a lawsuit in domestic and foreign courts.
Won Hee Rong said: "As the governor of Jeju Island in South Korea, I have an obligation to protect South Korea's territorial waters and the safety of its citizens."
He said that the Japanese government should immediately stop preparations for nuclear sewage discharge.
In addition, all information and data related to nuclear sewage should be transparently provided, and sewage treatment plans (with other countries) should be negotiated.
Yuan Xilong emphasized that if the Japanese government rejects this request, Jeju Island will use all means to respond.
He added that Japanese nationals also oppose the discharge of sewage, and will convene a "resident plaintiff group" representing residents along the coast of Korea and Japan to bring civil and criminal proceedings against the Japanese government in the courts of the two countries. At the same time, they will present the lawsuit to the international court.
In addition, South Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs revealed on the 20th that Japan’s position on the discharge of nuclear sewage to the sea is "no decision has yet been made."
The South Korean government is paying attention to relevant developments and is responding mainly to the Office of State Affairs.
Previously, South Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that the government will continue to put the protection of the health and safety of its citizens in the first place, pay close attention to Japan’s sewage treatment activities, and strengthen cooperation with the international community to jointly respond.
On the other hand, on the 20th, South Koreans tried to pass the "Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Wastewater Discharge Decision Protest" in front of the Japanese Embassy in South Korea in Jongno District, Seoul, and opposed Japan’s discharge of nuclear waste water to the sea and urged the Japanese government to withdraw the project. Decided.
According to a report from Japan’s Kyodo News on the 15th, the Japanese government "basically decided to discharge the waste water from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant containing radioactive material tritium into the sea."
This decision will be finalized at a meeting in October at the earliest.