Pacific island country politicians and anti nuclear activists urge Japan to withdraw its decision to discharge nuclear contaminated water into the sea. Japanese government | Japan | politicians
On August 23, Xinhua News Agency reported that the Japanese government will launch a decision to discharge contaminated water from Fukushima on August 24. Pacific island politicians and anti nuclear activists strongly condemned Japan's plan to discharge contaminated water into the sea and urged 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 reported that the Pacific Church Conference will join forces with other civil society groups in Fiji to gather in the capital Suva on the 25th, condemning Japan's nuclear contaminated water discharge into the sea.
According to a national public opinion survey conducted by Kyodo News Agency from the 19th to the 20th, over 80% of respondents believe that the Japanese government's explanation of nuclear contaminated water is "insufficient.".