Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency attends a press convention in Tokyo, Japan, July 4, 2023. /CFP
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Tuesday introduced the great findings of its security evaluation of Japan’s plan to launch “treated water” from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear energy plant into the ocean to Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
IAEA has concluded that Japan’s plans to launch “treated water” saved on the energy plant into the ocean are in line with IAEA security requirements, and the discharges of the “treated water” would have a negligible radiological impression on folks and the surroundings, IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi mentioned in a foreword of the report.
But Rafael Grossi famous that IAEA’s security evaluation will proceed throughout the entire discharge course of, and the company may also preserve a continuing on-site presence and supply “real-time online monitoring” on its web site from the emission amenities.
“This will ensure the relevant international safety standards continue to be applied throughout the decades-long process laid out by the Government of Japan and TEPCO,” Rafael Grossi added.
“Japan has limited the mandate of the IAEA task force from the very beginning, and the agency is not authorized to evaluate other options than the discharge into the ocean,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning mentioned earlier on Tuesday earlier than the report was printed at a daily press convention.
“In this case, the IAEA report cannot prove the legitimacy and legality of Japan’s ocean discharge plan, nor can it absolve Japan of its moral responsibility and obligations under international law,” the spokesperson famous.
Despite ongoing opposition from throughout the nation and overseas, Japan has been speeding to hold out its plan to dump radioactive wastewater into the Pacific Ocean, inflicting rising anger and stoking fears among the many international group.
Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno mentioned on Monday that the nation is not going to change its plan to discharge Fukushima nuclear-contaminated water in the summertime, native media outlet Jiji Press reported.
Source: CGTN