SEOUL: South Korea said on Tuesday (Aug 22) it sees no problem with the scientific or technical aspects of Japan's plan to release water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant but it does not necessarily support the plan. Japan said on Tuesday it will start releasing more than 1 million metric tons
SEOUL: South Korea said on Tuesday it sees no problem with the scientific or technical aspects of Japan's plan to release water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant but it does not necessarily support the plan.
Japan said on Tuesday it will start releasing more than 1 million metric tons of treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant on Thursday. The South Korean government said in a statement it had been notified by Japan of its decision and believes Japan will execute the release of the water according to the plan.
"We have assessed that there are no scientific or technical problems with the plan to release the contaminated water," it said. "But we want to make clear that our government does not necessarily agree with or support the plan to release contaminated water," the statement said.
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