Pacific island country politicians and anti nuclear activists condemn Japan's decision to initiate nuclear contaminated water discharge into the sea
Pacific island politicians and anti nuclear activists strongly condemn Japan's decision to launch a nuclear contaminated water discharge program from Fukushima on the 24th, and urge the Japanese government to withdraw this decision.
Vanuatu's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Matteo Serimaya, called for strong action in the Pacific region to resist Japan's actions at the 22nd Melanesian Vanguard Group Leaders Meeting held in the capital city of Port Vila on the 23rd. "Unless it can be proven without controversy that nuclear contaminated water is safe, Japan cannot discharge nuclear contaminated water into the sea.". Selimaya urged Japan to withdraw its decision to discharge contaminated water from Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea and seriously consider alternative options.
Fiji's anti nuclear activist and Secretary General of the Pacific Church Conference, James Bagwan, stated that Japan does not have sufficient data to fully verify the safety of discharging Fukushima nuclear contaminated water into the Pacific, and has not conducted research on all possible impacts. The current marine environment is no longer optimistic, and no one knows what harm discharging nuclear contaminated water into the ocean will cause to marine life. It is understood that the Pacific Church Conference will join forces with other civil society groups in Fiji to gather in Suva, the capital of Fiji, on the 25th to condemn Japan's nuclear contaminated water discharge into the sea.