China News Service, Beijing, February 15 (Reporter Li Jingze) According to reports, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) technical expert group will conduct a safety assessment on the disposal of nuclear polluted water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant in the near future.
In this regard, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said on the 15th that China hopes that the IAEA technical working group will adhere to the principles of objectivity, impartiality and science, and conduct an independent assessment, supervision and verification of the entire process of the disposal of nuclear-contaminated water in Fukushima, Japan, to ensure nuclear pollution. Water disposal is absolutely safe.
A reporter asked a question. According to reports, from the 14th to the 18th, a technical expert group of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) visited Japan and will conduct a safety assessment on the disposal of nuclear polluted water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant on the 15th.
What is China's comment?
Wang Wenbin said that he has noticed relevant reports.
China hopes that the IAEA technical working group will, uphold the principles of objectivity, fairness and science, conduct an independent assessment, supervision and verification of the entire process of the disposal of nuclear-contaminated water in Fukushima, Japan, to ensure that the disposal of nuclear-contaminated water is absolutely safe.
The Japanese side should provide comprehensive cooperation and accept supervision and verification on the safety of nuclear-contaminated water, the accuracy of data and the effectiveness of disposal methods.
The Chinese side will continue to pay attention to the progress of the agency's technical working group, and hope that the agency will inform the international community, especially stakeholders, in a timely manner.
"I want to emphasize that the Japanese side has not agreed to the IAEA technical working group's assessment of nuclear-contaminated water disposal options beyond the sea." Wang Wenbin said that China's support for the work of the technical working group does not mean that we agree with Japan's direction to the sea. Bad decision to discharge nuclear-contaminated water.
The Japanese side should face up to the concerns of the international community, revoke the erroneous decision to discharge into the ocean, and stop advancing all preparations.
Japan must not initiate the discharge of nuclear-contaminated water into the sea without authorization until it has fully consulted and reached an agreement with stakeholders including neighboring countries and relevant international institutions.
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