China News Service, April 26. According to the "Central News Agency" report, in response to Japan's decision to discharge nuclear wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the sea, on the 26th local time, South Korean fishermen gathered 350 fishing boats in the coastal city of Tongyeong to protest and demanded Japan. The government withdrew the resolution and also put forward demands that the South Korean government would respond more strongly.
According to reports, the Tongyeong city government, the assembly, and the Tongyeong Water Association issued a joint statement on the same day, strongly condemning Japan's decision to discharge nuclear waste water into the sea on the 13th.
The statement pointed out that the ocean is a resource of birds, aquatic life and all humans, and the Japanese government has no right to pollute the sea with nuclear waste water.
Regarding the Japanese government’s claim that nuclear waste water would be discharged after proper treatment and dilution, the statement retorted that the total amount of radioactive materials in nuclear waste water would not be reduced due to dilution, and questioned that the Japanese government would not adopt solidification of nuclear waste to save money And other treatment methods, but choose methods that affect the health of all human beings and the ecosystem.
Local fishermen said that after the Fukushima nuclear accident in 2011, the sales of Korean aquatic products were also affected by more than half. If the Japanese government discharges nuclear wastewater into the sea, it will cause a more serious blow to the economy of the Tongyeong area.
In addition to requesting the Japanese government to withdraw the decision, this statement also requires the South Korean government to do everything possible to prevent Japan from discharging nuclear waste water, including filing a lawsuit with the International Court of the Law of the Sea.