Suggest Japan with water shortage to drink! Grossy was angrily criticized in South Korea, "Koreans don't want to swim in nuclear contaminated water" assessment | Japan | Grossy
According to Yonhap News Agency, South Korea's largest opposition party, the Democratic Party of Korea, met with visiting Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossy, on the 9th and condemned the IAEA's comprehensive safety assessment report on the discharge of contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan, stating that the IAEA did not follow the principles of neutrality and objectivity from the beginning and carried out verification work biased towards Japan.
According to the report, South Korean Democratic Party member Yu Won seok, who is currently on a hunger strike to oppose the discharge of nuclear contaminated water into the sea, stated in his opening remarks that the IAEA has consistently supported Japan's position of releasing nuclear contaminated water into the sea, and has concluded the plan independently without investigating its impact on neighboring countries. This is to cater to Japan, which is very regrettable.
According to the report, Yu Yuanzhi pointed out that the legalization of nuclear contaminated water discharge into the sea by the IAEA is a blatant violation of the rights of member states. Nowadays, Japan regards the IAEA report as a "pass" for nuclear contaminated water discharge into the sea, only waiting for the valve to be opened for discharge. Yu Yuanzhi strongly criticized Grossie's statement in a media interview the day before that he could swim in nuclear contaminated water, and stated that South Korean citizens have no intention of drinking or swimming in nuclear contaminated water.
In his opening remarks, Grossy stated, "Currently, this issue is receiving much attention in South Korea, which is a natural situation. Most regions, including South Korea, are concerned about this, so I will listen to opinions and respond.". Grossy said that the IAEA has opened a regional office in Fukushima and will be stationed in Japan for decades to inspect whether Japan has effectively carried out planned emissions.
South Korean Democratic Party member Yu Won seok: Director General Grossy said in an interview yesterday that he can drink nuclear contaminated water and swim in it. I am deeply concerned about his statement. If he can ensure the safety of Fukushima nuclear contaminated water, I would like to ask if he is willing to suggest to the Japanese government that Japan, a water scarce country, use this water for drinking, industrial, or agricultural purposes instead of discharging it into the sea.
The representatives of the Common Democratic Party deeply regret the International Atomic Energy Agency's conclusion that Japan's nuclear contaminated water discharge into the sea meets international safety standards. They believe that the evaluation report did not verify the performance of Japan's multi nuclide removal equipment, nor did it study the long-term impact of nuclear contaminated water discharge on marine ecosystems. This conclusion is problematic.
"What I want to say is that the conclusion of the International Atomic Energy Agency regarding" compliance with international safety standards "should be applicable to nuclear wastewater from normal nuclear power plants, rather than contaminated water from nuclear power plants that have experienced nuclear accidents," said Wei Shengkun, Chairman of the Strategy Committee of the Democratic Party of Korea to Prevent Nuclear Pollution Water from Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant from being Discharged into the Sea.
According to reports, Grossie will leave South Korea for Pacific island countries such as New Zealand on the afternoon of the 9th.
According to reports, North Korea condemned Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant's plan to discharge contaminated water into the sea, which was determined by the IAEA's comprehensive assessment report to meet international safety standards, on the 9th.
On the same day, North Korea, in the name of the Director of the Foreign Affairs Bureau of the Ministry of Land and Environment Protection, issued a statement through the Korean Central News Agency, stating that the problem lies in the active protection and promotion of nuclear contaminated water discharge plans by the IAEA. The North Korean side claims that the agency is not an environmental assessment agency, and there is no provision in international law that grants the agency the right to allow specific countries and regions to discharge nuclear contaminated water into the sea.
