The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Grossi, will visit Japan from 18 to 20 this month.
On the 19th, he went to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant for inspection.
The important task of Grossi's visit is to investigate the plan of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant to discharge into the sea.
In this regard, Juno Imano, the former president of Fukushima University, said that the plan to discharge sewage into the sea may affect future generations and must be handled carefully.
At present, 70% of the people in Fukushima Prefecture are opposed to the plan to discharge sewage into the sea.
As the former president of Fukushima University, Juno Imano has been actively working for local post-disaster reconstruction after the Fukushima nuclear accident.
Imano said that he is opposed to advancing the plan to discharge sewage into the sea without gaining understanding from Japan and the international community.
Juno Imano, former president of Fukushima University: At this stage, we should consider whether there are other solutions, rather than rushing sewage into the sea.
In order to gain the understanding of more Japanese people, including the people of Fukushima, other methods of treating nuclear sewage should be considered.
Now it is decided to discharge sewage into the sea, and it will be implemented next year. I am categorically opposed to it.
In the process of responding to the Fukushima nuclear accident, Tokyo Electric Power Company has repeatedly concealed reports and caused leakage accidents due to poor management.
The relevant practices of Tokyo Electric Power Company have caused many Japanese people to lose their trust in it.
Juno Imano, former president of Fukushima University: I hope the government will disclose information. The more dangerous it is, the more it should be known to the Japanese people as soon as possible.
The Japanese government has so far failed to provide sufficient and credible explanations on the legitimacy of the Fukushima nuclear-contaminated water discharge plan, the reliability of nuclear-contaminated water data, the effectiveness of purification devices, and the uncertainty of environmental impacts. Shunfu Imano expressed concern about the plan to discharge sewage into the sea.
Juno Imano, former president of Fukushima University: Japan discharges nuclear-contaminated water from nuclear accidents, which also contains other radioactive substances in addition to tritium. Therefore, it cannot be irresponsibly discharged into the sea until all hazards are clarified. The Japanese government should consider carefully .
The Japanese people and the international community are very concerned about the impact of sewage discharge into the sea, and they are worried that it will have an irreversible negative impact on the global marine environment and human health.
However, TEPCO disregarded international concerns and reneged on its previous promise that it would never discharge sewage into the sea without the understanding of the public, and forcibly pushed forward the construction of sewage discharge into the sea.
Juno Imano believes that the Japanese government and Tokyo Electric Power Company must consider and take responsibility for future generations and the people of the world.
Juno Imano, former president of Fukushima University: Discharging nuclear-contaminated water into the sea is the easiest way (to deal with nuclear-contaminated water), which will have an impact on the world.
From this point of view, we should be cautious. The impact on our descendants is unimaginable. It can be said that there will be endless troubles and the lives of future generations will be the price. I firmly oppose such a decision.