Japanese people hold protests against the government's discharge of nuclear contaminated water into the sea | fish | government
Recently, Tokyo Electric Power Company injected seawater into the contaminated water discharge tunnel of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, and found excessive levels of radioactive elements in fish in the harbor of the plant. On the evening of the 7th, Japanese people held a protest against the Japanese government's discharge of pollutants into the sea.
CCTV reporter Lin Bohan: On the evening of the 7th local time, Japanese people spontaneously held a protest rally in front of the headquarters of Tokyo Electric Power Company, protesting against the Japanese government and Tokyo Electric Power Company's discharge of nuclear contaminated water into the sea. They believe that discharging nuclear contaminated water into the ocean is extremely irresponsible behavior.
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Protester: Now we say nuclear contaminated water, but they don't say it's nuclear contaminated water. What do they call it? They refer to nuclear contaminated water as "treated water", which can be treated with multi nuclide removal equipment without any problems, which is simply absurd. I think nuclear contaminated water, which is all radioactive material, is nuclear contaminated water. Will fisheries practitioners accept the term "treated water"? I once directly asked fishermen, and although they said they were like this, they were in their sixties or seventies, but their children had just developed the idea of becoming fishermen when they encountered the discharge of nuclear contaminated water into the sea. Continuing like this will definitely not protect the dreams of young people.
Japanese people also stated that the radioactive element cesium in fish caught in the harbor of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant recently exceeded the legal standard in Japan by 180 times, which is shocking.
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Protester: Fishery practitioners oppose that fish are truly harmed, and even humans will be harmed. However, in fact, the Japanese government disregards these and is still advancing the sea discharge project. The opposition from fishery practitioners will persist until the end.
Protester: Nuclear contaminated water is clearly very dangerous, and it should be well known within TEPCO that discharging nuclear contaminated water is very dangerous. Therefore, a research facility has been established inside the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant to investigate fish in the harbor of the plant. It is precisely because they cannot confirm whether it is safe that such research is conducted. I think things that cannot be confirmed as safe must not be done. If 100% safety cannot be achieved, nuclear contaminated water cannot be discharged into the sea.
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