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        World Insights: Science should guide Fukushima wastewater release plan, Pacific leaders say

        2023-02-26 13:15:43來源:Xinhua
        -CivilsocietygroupsinJapanandmanyinternationalorganizationshavevoicedobjectionstotheFukushimawastewaterreleaseplan,citingalackofapracticaldemonstrationanditspotentialthreattosocietyandmarineecology.-AnalystsbelievethatJapanshouldnotignoretheconcernsandlivelihoodsofPacificislanders.

        FilephototakenonOct.12,2017showshugetanksthatstorecontaminatedradioactivewastewaterinFukushimaDaiichinuclearplant,inFukushimaPrefecture,Japan.(Xinhua)

        SUVA,Feb.26(Xinhua)--PacificleadersonFridaywrappedupthetwo-dayPacificIslandsForum(PIF)SpecialLeaders"RetreatinFiji,whereJapan"sFukushimawastewaterreleaseplanwasinthelimelight.

        ThePIFrotatingchairunderlinedinastatementthatscienceanddatashouldguidepoliticaldecisionsonJapan"sproposeddischargeoftreatedradioactivewastewaterfromthewreckedFukushimanuclearplantintothesea.


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        TheoutgoingchairandFiji"sPrimeMinisterSitiveniRabuka,togetherwithotherPIFleaders,believesthedecisionisnotassimpleasadomesticissueofJapan,butconcernstheSouthPacificislandcountriesandbeyond.

        GiventhatrelateddataandevidenceprovidedbyJapanarefarfromindependentorverifiable,thePIFhascalledonthecountryrepeatedlytodelaythedischargeplan.

        PeoplerallytoprotestagainsttheJapanesegovernment"sdecisiontodischargecontaminatedradioactivewastewaterinFukushimaPrefectureintothesea,inTokyo,capitalofJapan,April13,2021.(Xinhua/DuXiaoyi)

        CRITICISMFROMINT"LCOMMUNITY

        CivilsocietygroupsinJapanandmanyinternationalorganizationshavealsovoicedobjectionstotheplan,citingalackofapracticaldemonstrationanditspotentialthreattosocietyandmarineecology.

        Overthepastyears,fishermeninneighboringcountrieshavestagedseveralrallies,callingforimmediatestoptothe"gravecriminalact"ofreleasingradioactivewaterintothesea.WithinJapan,localcivicgroupshaveorganizedprotestsoutsidethegovernmenthouseofFukushimaPrefecture.

        Japan"sunilateralpushtodischargeradioactivewastewaterfromitscrippledFukushimaDaiichinuclearpowerplantintothePacificOceanisirresponsibleandharmful,SouthKoreangreenactivistshavesaid.

        "ThePacificOceanisnottheseaofJapan,buttheseaofeverybody...Pollutantswillflowtoneighboringcountriesinasituationthatalotofradioactivematerialshavealreadybeenreleasedandcontaminated(themarineecosystem),"AhnJae-hun,energyandclimatechangedirectorattheKoreaFederationforEnvironmentMovement,toldXinhua.

        TheJapanesegovernment"sdecisiontodischargethecontaminatedwaterintotheseawhentherearealternativessuchaslong-termstorageviolatestheprecautionaryprinciplerecognizedbytheinternationalcommunity,GreenpeaceSeoulOfficehassaid.Greenpeaceisanindependentglobalcampaigningnetworkforenvironmentprotection.

        "Wemustpreventactionthatwillleadormisleadustowardanothermajornuclearcontaminationdisasteratthehandsofothers,"saidPIFSecretaryGeneralHenryPuna.

        TakealookathowJapanproceededwiththat.

        TheJapanesegovernmentdecidedinApril2021toreleasemorethanonemilliontonsoftreatedwastewaterintothePacificOceanthisspring.

        Threemonthslater,JapangreenlitthedischargeplanwhiletheInternationalAtomicEnergyAgency(IAEA)"staskforcewasstillconductingthereviewmission.

        Earlierthisyear,Japanunilaterallyannouncedthatitwouldstartdischargingtheradioactivewaterinspringorsummer,justbeforetheagency"staskforcearrivesinJapanforreview.

        ApostertoboycottJapaneseproductsisseeninasupermarkettoprotestagainstJapan"sdecisiontodumpradioactivewastewaterfromthecrippledFukushimaDaiichinuclearpowerplantintothePacificOcean,inSeoul,SouthKorea,April14,2021.(PhotobyXuRuxi/Xinhua)

        PACIFICOPPOSITION

        PacificislandcountriesunanimouslyopposeJapan"sreleaseplanformultiplereasons,citingecologicalfragility,economicdependenceonthefisheriesindustry,andthedevastatingeffectsofradioactivepollutioncausedbyWesternnucleartesting.

        First,Pacificislandcountriesareconcernedthatthereleasedradioactivesubstanceswillspreadwithoceancurrentsandtides,riskingcontaminatingfish.Asmorethanhalfoftheworld"stunacomesfromthePacificOcean,apotentiallycontaminatedenvironmentcouldhurtthefisheriesthatthosecountriesrelyon.

        Second,thePacificOcean"sdelicateecologymaycomeunderthreat.Ifthewastewaterreleaseleadstoanecologicaldisaster,thevulnerableislandresidentswillleavetheirhomes,causinganecologicalandsurvivalcrisisthatwilldealaheavyblowtotheentirePacificregion.

        Last,WesterncountrieshaveconductedadazzlingarrayofnucleartestsinthePacificsincethemid-20thcentury,resultinginshockingradioactivepollutionandecologicaldisasters.Thesehaveleftpainfulmemoriesforislanders,whohavebeensensitivetothewastewaterissue.

        AnalystsbelievethatJapanshouldnotignoretheconcernsandlivelihoodsofPacificislanders.Neithershoulditdumpthewastewaterintotheseauntildisputesaresettledoverthelegitimacyofthedischargeplan,thereliabilityofradioactivitydata,theeffectivenessofpurificationequipmentandtheuncertaintyofenvironmentalimpact,theyadded.

        ByZengYan,GuoYuqi,ZhangYongxing,WangXinyi

        標簽: WangXinyi sproposeddischargeoftreatedradioactivewaste

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