Explaining that the missile tests it carried out in the past days were carried out within the scope of “tactical nuclear exercises”, North KoreaWhile the reactions against , Pyongyang JapanThere was a counter move against .
In a statement made by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of North Korea, Japan’s plan to purify the radioactive water accumulated in the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, which was the scene of a nuclear disaster after the 9-magnitude earthquake and tsunami in 2011, was harshly criticized.
Stating that Japan should listen to the requests of the international community, “If nuclear wastewater is treated and safe as claimed, why doesn’t Japan use it as drinking and irrigation water in daily life instead of dumping it into the Pacific Ocean in a controlled manner?” he was asked.
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It was stated that Tokyo’s plan was “a crime of nuclear holocaust not only against its own people, but against all humanity”.
In the statement, which stated that more than 220,000 signatures have been collected against the plan across Japan since June 2021, it was stated that the Japanese people are also against it.
However, a recent analysis of the wastewater claimed that the active cesium concentration was 3 times the standard limit, although the Japanese authorities announced that the nuclear wastewater was treated and treated, had undergone a purification process and would therefore not pose a problem.
It was stated that the concern for the people of the region that the plan will cause economic disaster, especially fishing activities, continues.
IT HAS BEEN DECIDED TO DISCHARGE THE SEA
Japan was the scene of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant accident, which is shown as the biggest nuclear disaster after the Chernobyl disaster after the 9-magnitude earthquake and tsunami in 2011, and radiation leakage occurred as a result of the melting of three nuclear cores at the power plant.
It was stated that after the accident, which resulted in the evacuation of thousands of people in the region, more than one million tons of radioactive waste water was generated.
While the power plant operator TEPCO announced that until 2022, there would be no room left in the tanks used to store these waters, the Japanese government had decided, after a long research process, to purify the wastewater in accordance with international standards and dump it into the sea.
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Tokyo’s decision caused reactions from some parts of the public, especially local fishermen and neighbors of the island country of Japan.
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