Fukushima Environmental Protection Personnel: Members of Nuclear Polluted Water Cannot be Discharged in One Row | Civil Environmental Protection Organizations | Personnel
The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident in Japan is one of the most serious nuclear accidents to occur globally so far. Recently, the Japanese government and Tokyo Electric Power Company have repeatedly stated that their plan to discharge pollutants into the sea this summer remains unchanged, while local residents in Fukushima continue to express their dissatisfaction and opposition to such practices.
Oda Chiyoshi is a native of Fukushima who experienced the 2011 East Japan earthquake, tsunami, and Fukushima nuclear accident. For the past decade, Chiyoshi Oda has been promoting knowledge about nuclear accidents and nuclear protection in the local area. The Japanese government has proposed five options for dealing with nuclear contaminated water, but has chosen the lowest cost and most environmentally harmful discharge plan. As a member of a local environmental organization in Fukushima, Chiyoshi Oda stated that such practices are intolerable.
Fukushima Prefecture civil environmental organization member Chiyoshi Oda: Why did the Japanese government adopt a plan like sea discharge? I am particularly opposed to this, as I believe it is a wrong decision. The Fukushima nuclear accident has caused the leakage of radioactive materials, and now it is artificially expanding the pollution of radioactive materials by discharging them into the sea. I think this is intolerable.
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After the nuclear leak at the Fukushima nuclear power plant, Chiyoshi Oda and local environmentalists formed a civil society group called "Don't pollute the ocean", hoping that all sectors of society will jointly oppose the plan to discharge nuclear contaminated water into the sea.
Fukushima Prefecture civil environmental organization member Chiyoshi Oda: 70% of grassroots organizations in Fukushima oppose the discharge of nuclear contaminated water into the sea. Stakeholder groups like fishing industry practitioners strive to provide reassuring ingredients for everyone. When people oppose the discharge of nuclear contaminated water into the sea, fishery practitioners also worry about whether the seafood they provide is truly safe. As long as we truly realize the mistake of discharging nuclear contaminated water into the sea, everyone will oppose it.
Oda said that all countries should work together to maintain the marine environment. The ocean is not a garbage dump, and the nuclear contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant cannot be discharged in one go.
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Fukushima Prefecture civil environmental organization member Chiyoshi Oda: We believe that radioactive elements in nuclear contaminated water cannot be completely treated, so it cannot be called treated water. We all refer to it as nuclear contaminated water. Although the Japanese government refers to it as tritium water or treated water in order to reduce people's concerns about its safety, we believe it cannot be called that way. The Japanese government and TEPCO have promised in writing not to discharge into the sea without the consent of fishing professionals and other relevant parties. They have also said that they will always abide by this promise, but while saying so, they are also promoting discharge into the sea. I think this is no different from a crime.