Japan's sewage discharge into the sea enters the final stage, and the international community strongly opposes the plan | nuclear sewage | society
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On June 6th, according to Fukushima Television and South Korea's "Korean National Daily", in order to discharge nuclear wastewater into the ocean, Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant has started filling seawater into the underwater tunnel, and the plan to discharge nuclear wastewater into the sea has entered its final stage.
Several Japanese media reported on the 5th that in the afternoon, the underwater tunnel connecting the Fukushima nuclear power plant to the ocean had been excavated and workers had started injecting seawater into it. The tunnel is 1 kilometer long and is the core project for discharging pollutants into the sea. After the tunnel is filled with seawater, it will be connected to the ocean and all preparations for discharging nuclear wastewater will be completed.
Tokyo Electric Power Company previously stated that the related projects are scheduled to be officially completed by the end of June. The International Atomic Energy Agency has recently conducted on-site inspections in Fukushima and will release its final report in mid June. The Japanese government may wait for the release of the report before forcibly discharging nuclear wastewater into the sea.
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The international community strongly opposes this. More than 100000 people have participated in the recent signature campaign against nuclear wastewater discharge into the sea led by the South Korean Democratic Party. They have held rallies across Seoul, calling "nuclear wastewater discharge into the sea an act of nuclear terrorism.". On June 3rd, a seminar on the issue of nuclear wastewater discharge into the sea, hosted by the Japan Legal Association, was held online. Local councilors from the Northern Mariana Islands of the United States opposed the discharge, stating that polluted water would pose a threat to the lives of residents who rely on marine resources for their livelihoods.
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