The nuclear safety watchdog's final report paves the way for Japan to greenlight the release of the treated wastewater within weeks. Read more at straitstimes.com.
from its crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean.
While the IAEA stressed that its report was “neither a recommendation nor an endorsement” of Japan’s water discharge decision, Tokyo regards it as a neutral approval to proceed. He stressed that the discharge will have “negligible radiological impact to people and the environment”, including marine animals and plants.
He vowed “a high degree of transparency” in the process, saying that he will continuously give explanations “based on scientific rationale”. Any hopes Japan might have held that the IAEA’s report would smoothen the way forward for the water release – and Tokyo says there is no other way – were quickly dashed.of treating the Pacific Ocean as its “sewage dump”, said the report does not give Tokyo any legitimacy to proceed.Flying cars and space tourism: Fukushima shapes the future 12 years after nuclear disaster
Earlier on Tuesday, China’s ambassador to Japan Wu Jianghao urged Japan to change course, noting that there was no precedent for the release of wastewater into the ocean after a nuclear accident.
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