China News Agency, Seoul, January 13 (Reporter Liu Xu) On the 13th local time, the South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded to Japan’s decision to start discharging nuclear-contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant during the spring and summer of this year.
South Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in response to media questions that day that the South Korean government will continue to put national health and safety first, and ensure that Japan treats nuclear sewage in a safe and consistent manner with international laws and standards from an objective and scientific perspective. stand and take countermeasures.
According to the Japan Broadcasting Association TV station, the Japanese government held a relevant cabinet meeting on the 13th to deal with nuclear-contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear accident.
It is reported that Tokyo Electric Power Company plans to build a subsea tunnel about 1 km long from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant near the sea to the sea, and discharge the so-called "radioactive material up to standard" nuclear contaminated water after dilution to the Pacific Ocean.
The "3.11" earthquake in 2011 caused the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant operated by Tokyo Electric Power Company to melt down the core and leak radioactive materials. The operation of continuous cooling of the core and the inflow of rainwater and groundwater into the reactor facilities produced a large amount of nuclear contaminated water.
About 1.3 million tons of nuclear-contaminated water has been stored in the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, and the number of nuclear-contaminated water is still increasing.
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