TOKYO (Reuters) – Representatives of Japan’s fishing industry suggested Thursday that the government allow tons of infected water from the Fukushima nuclear plant to see each other at sea, saying it would cancel out years of paints to repair its reputation.
Tokyo Electric has collected more than one million tons of infected water since the plant was paralyzed by an earthquake and tsunami in 2011.
The water is stored in massive deposits that fill it and it is said that there will be no garage until 2022.
“We strongly oppose the release of infected water into the ocean, as this can have a catastrophic effect on the long-term japanese fishing industry,” hiroshi Kishi, president of JF Zengyoren, said at an assembly with the government. Officials.
JF Zengyoren is a federation of Japanese fishing cooperatives.
Earlier this year, an expert organization advised the Japanese government on the disposal of radioactive water from the destroyed Fukushima plant to be released into the ocean.
Japan’s Ministry of Industry, which has heard the outlook since April, invited fisheries representatives to a seventh hearing.
“We strongly oppose the discharge of infected water into the ocean, as it will obviously damage reputation,” said Toshihito Ono, head of wholesalers and fish processors in Fukushima Prefecture.
Any publication can cause other countries to tighten import restrictions on Japanese fishery products, reversing a recent trend of relaxation, said Kishi of JF Zengyoren.
The two representatives did not propose alternatives, however, Kishi asked the government to take further consideration and download as much data as possible before making its decision.
Kiyoshi Ejima, Minister of State for Economy, Trade and Industry, said the government will take their perspectives into account and make a decision.
“We want to make a resolution as soon as imaginable because this is a matter of precedence,” he told reporters after the meeting, but he didn’t give a deadline.
(Report via Yuka Obayashi; edited through Barbara Lewis)
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