BEIJING, March 10 (Xinhua) — A Chinese overseas ministry spokesperson on Friday criticized Japan’s nuclear-contaminated water discharge plan, urging Japan to not begin ocean dumping earlier than totally consulting with the stakeholders and related worldwide organizations.
Mao Ning, the spokesperson, made the remarks at a daily press briefing when requested to touch upon the accusation of Suh Kune-yull, a professor emeritus of Nuclear Energy System Engineering at Seoul National University, on Japan insisting on discharging the water into the ocean, which he stated is tantamount to launching a terrorist assault towards the Pacific Ocean.
“We have noted that many experts and scholars have made strong criticisms over Japan’s plan to discharge nuclear-contaminated water from Fukushima into the ocean,” Mao stated.
She stated that Japan has obligations underneath the worldwide regulation to stop the air pollution of the surroundings and guarantee minimization of the hazard.
The technical job pressure of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has but to finish its evaluation of Japan’s discharge plan, nonetheless much less attain a last conclusion. The Japanese aspect, with out full session with stakeholders, went forward with approving the discharge plan and accelerated the development of discharge amenities, Mao stated, calling the transfer extraordinarily irresponsible.
Stressing that the disposal of the Fukushima nuclear-contaminated water bears on the worldwide marine surroundings and public well being, Mao stated it’s not Japan’s home affair.
China urges Japan to take severely the official considerations of all events, earnestly dwell as much as its obligations, place itself underneath the strict monitoring of the worldwide group, eliminate the nuclear-contaminated water in a science-based, open, clear and protected method, together with assessing the options to ocean discharge, Mao stated.
“Japan must not start discharging the nuclear-contaminated water into the ocean before reaching consensus through full consultation with neighboring countries and other stakeholders as well as relevant international agencies,” the spokesperson stated.