About 180,000 people in Japan jointly signed to oppose the discharge of water from the Fukushima nuclear pollution to the sea

　　Four non-governmental organizations in Japan's Fukushima and Miyagi prefectures submitted a joint signature of about 180,000 people opposed to the discharge of nuclear polluted water to Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and Tokyo Electric Power Company on the 30th, requesting other methods to deal with the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. polluted water.

　　According to reports on the 30th such as the "Asahi Shimbun" electronic version, four groups including the Fukushima Prefectural Life Cooperative Association and the Miyagi Prefectural Life Cooperative Association submitted the joint signature of about 180,000 people on the same day.

This joint signing activity was initiated by the above-mentioned four groups from June last year to the whole country of Japan.

They believe that the Japanese government's decision to discharge nuclear-contaminated water into the sea has not been understood by the relevant personnel and Japanese nationals, and demand other methods of disposal.

　　The "3.11" earthquake in 2011 resulted in the meltdown of the core of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant operated by Tokyo Electric Power Company, the leakage of radioactive materials, the continuous cooling of the core, and the inflow of rainwater and groundwater into the reactor facilities, resulting in a large amount of nuclear-contaminated water.

The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant currently holds more than 1.25 million tons of nuclear-contaminated water, and the nuclear-contaminated water is still increasing.

　　In April 2021, the Japanese government officially decided to treat the nuclear-contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant to a "substandard concentration" before discharging it into the sea.

Tokyo Electric Power Company plans to start long-term discharge of so-called "radioactive material up to standard" nuclear-contaminated water into the Pacific Ocean in the spring of 2023.

Japan's unilateral decision to discharge nuclear-contaminated water into the ocean has been widely questioned and opposed by the international community, especially stakeholders, and has also aroused strong concerns in Japan.