China News Service, August 26. According to Korean media reports, Lee Tong-gyu, Director of the Bureau of Climate and Environmental Sciences and Foreign Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Korea, summoned Lim Cheng, Minister of Government Affairs of the Japanese Embassy in South Korea, on the day before the Tokyo Electric Power Company’s release of the Fukushima nuclear wastewater discharge plan. , I am deeply sorry.
Data map: Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan.
Lee Tong Kyu reiterated that South Korea firmly opposed the decision of the Japanese government to discharge the Fukushima nuclear waste water on April 13.
He emphasized that the Japanese side should fully communicate with the South Korean side on the Fukushima nuclear wastewater treatment issue, and the importance of providing relevant information to the South Korean side, and conveyed the concerns of South Korean citizens.
Li Tonggyu also requested the Japanese side to set up a South Korea-Japan consultation mechanism as soon as possible to discuss in detail the issue of nuclear waste water discharge to the sea.
Tokyo Electric Power Company announced on the 25th the overall plan of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant to discharge the treated water into the sea. It will build a new submarine tunnel and discharge it about 1 km offshore.
TEPCO will apply to the Atomic Energy Regulatory Commission for the review of emission equipment at the earliest in September, and start preparations for construction.
Emissions will begin around the spring of 2023.