China News Service, March 31. According to Japanese media reports, on the 30th, in order to oppose the Japanese government's discharge of sewage from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea, a number of non-governmental organizations in Fukushima and Miyagi prefectures submitted to Tokyo Electric Power Company and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. A co-signature of 180,000 people.
Data map: Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
According to reports, the joint signature was organized by four non-governmental organizations, including the Fukushima Prefecture Federation of Life Cooperative Associations and the Miyagi Prefecture Federation of Life Cooperative Associations. Starting from June 2021, a total of about 180,000 people signed.
Katsuhito Fuyuki, chairman of the Miyagi Prefecture Living Cooperative Association, one of the co-organizers, said that the Japanese government's current sewage discharge plan has not been understood by the people and will have a negative impact on the local economy, calling on the authorities to take other measures. method.
On March 11, 2011, a huge earthquake occurred off the coast of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
Affected by this, the cores of Units 1 to 3 of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station melted down, and TEPCO continued to inject water into the containment of Units 1 to 3 to cool the cores and recycle sewage.
On April 13, 2021, the Japanese government officially decided to discharge the Fukushima nuclear sewage into the sea after filtering and diluting it. TEPCO plans to start discharge around the spring of 2023, and the discharge time is expected to last for 20 to 30 years.