China News Service, Beijing, July 13 (Reporter Huang Yuqin) In response to the leaking of nuclear waste containers at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan, Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said at a regular press conference on the 13th that the Japanese side still allowed the Fukushima nuclear power plant to be abandoned. If accidents of material leakage occur repeatedly, how can people not worry or care?
Japan should re-examine the wrong decision as soon as possible and give the international community a responsible account.
A reporter asked a question. The Japan Broadcasting Association reported on the 8th that when Tokyo Electric Power Company recently investigated the nuclear waste storage area of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, it was found that the lids of two of the containers were loose and there were gaps in the water. The concentration is as high as 79,000 becquerels per liter, and the surrounding storage areas are also polluted to varying degrees.
This is also the third time since March that the nuclear waste container of the Fukushima nuclear power plant has leaked.
What is China's comment?
"There is a Chinese saying that there are no more than three incidents. Since March this year alone, there have been three leaks of nuclear waste containers exposed at the Fukushima nuclear power plant. We dare not imagine that there have been leaks that have not been discovered or are still being concealed. How much." Zhao Lijian responded.
He pointed out that in April this year, Japan unilaterally wrongly decided to discharge nuclear-polluted water into the ocean.
In the following three months, the Japanese side turned a deaf ear to the doubts and concerns at home and abroad, and left its international responsibilities and obligations behind, frequently distorting facts and arguing.
"Not only that, but Japan has also allowed the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant to recur nuclear waste leakage accidents. How can people not worry or care about it?"
Zhao Lijian said that Japan’s practice of putting its own economic interests above the common interests of all mankind challenges the bottom line of human conscience and endangers the public interest of the international community and the health and safety of the people of the world.
Japan should re-examine the wrong decision as soon as possible and give the international community a responsible account.
Zhao Lijian pointed out that we have noticed that the International Atomic Energy Agency has decided to establish a technical working group on the disposal of polluted water from the Fukushima nuclear accident in Japan after repeated appeals by stakeholders such as China, South Korea, and Russia. Experts from China, South Korea, and Russia will participate.
Japan should show sincerity, fully cooperate with the work of the working group, and be highly responsible for the international public interest, and handle relevant issues in an open, transparent, and scientific manner.
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