Just supply who, Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Who thinks nuclear contaminated water can be consumed Controversy | International Atomic Energy Agency | Director
On July 11th, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin presided over a regular press conference.
A reporter asked, according to reports, the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency has repeatedly made controversial remarks during his recent visits to South Korea and New Zealand, stating that Fukushima nuclear treated water can be consumed, swam, and is as safe as other countries' nuclear power plant drainage. In addition, many experts in the nuclear field, including those involved in the evaluation work, have expressed different opinions on this recently. What is the spokesperson's evaluation of this?
"If you pay a little attention to recent media reports, it is not difficult to find that the comprehensive evaluation report of the International Atomic Energy Agency is controversial, and the experts involved in the evaluation have expressed different opinions, which is an indisputable fact." Wang Wenbin pointed out that this once again indicates that the agency hastily issued a report on the complex issue of nuclear contaminated water discharge into the sea, and the relevant conclusions have limitations and one-sidedness, failing to address the international community's concerns about the Fukushima nuclear contaminated water discharge plan. The Japanese side cannot treat institutional reports as a passport for discharging into the sea.
Wang Wenbin said that we need to point out once again that it is against scientific common sense to make a simple analogy between Japan's Fukushima nuclear contaminated water, which is uncertain whether it can be treated to meet the standard, and the normal operation drainage of the nuclear power plant. There are essential differences between the two, firstly, the source is different, secondly, the types of radioactive nuclides contained are different, and thirdly, the difficulty of treatment is different. The contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan comes from the cooling water injected into the damaged reactor core after the accident, as well as the infiltration of groundwater and rainwater, including various radioactive isotopes released from the damaged core, which is completely different from the normal drainage of the nuclear power plant.
"The International Atomic Energy Agency has not evaluated the effectiveness and long-term reliability of Japan's nuclear contaminated water purification equipment, and cannot guarantee that all nuclear contaminated water will be treated and meet standards in the next 30 years." Wang Wenbin said that the impact of long-term discharge into the sea on marine environmental food safety cannot be easily concluded by the International Atomic Energy Agency. If anyone believes that the contaminated water from Fukushima nuclear power plant is drinkable and swimable, we suggest that Japan make good use of the contaminated water for these people to drink or swim, instead of discharging it into the sea, which concerns the international community.