Japan’s decision on nuclear wastewater disposal will “endanger generations to come”

ZHAO Lijian: Ten years after the Fukushima nuclear accident, we haven't seen any measures taken by the Japanese side to stop the sustained hazards to neighboring ecology and environment caused by nuclear contaminated water. And what comes now is Japan’s unilateral erroneous decision to dump nuclear contaminated water into the sea. We haven’t seen any lessons learned by the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), but only reports that TEPCO has a poor record of sloppy and chaotic management, information concealment, delayed disclosure and data-tampering. The Japanese side has failed its people and lost the trust of the international community on the handling of Fukushima nuclear accident time and again, so we have every reason to question whether the so-called safe disposal means is reasonable or scientific and the information and data authentic and reliable or not. Japan’s dangerous decision out of its selfish calculation will endanger the generations to come and the global ecology. If the Japanese side can’t understand this, the international community will help it to get this point. If it still plays dumb and feigns innocence, the international community will never allow it. We hope the Japanese side will clearly understand its due responsibility and obligation on the issue of the Fukushima nuclear contaminated water, rescind its erroneous decision an d return to the right track of negotiating with stakeholders and relevant international organizations.