Japanese public gathers to oppose contaminated wastewater discharge plan

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Japanese public gathers to oppose contaminated wastewater discharge plan

STORY: Japanese public gathers to oppose contaminated wastewater discharge plan DATELINE: April 14, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:12 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of Japanese against nuclear-contaminated wastewater discharge plan 2. various of the protest STORYLINE: Japanese residents on Thursday held a rally in Tokyo to protest against the Japanese government's plan to discharge nuclear-contaminated water into the sea. Carrying signs such as "Do not let nuclear-tainted water pollute the sea" and "Do not spill poison into the sea," about 120 protestors of all ages rallied in front of the House of Representatives, or the lower house of the Diet. The contaminated water must first be stored to minimize radioactivity before the world works out how to deal with it, said Toshihiro Inoue, the organizer of the rally. If the nuclear-contaminated water is allowed to be discharged into the sea, arbitrary discharges would take place whenever nuclear contamination occurs in the future, he said. Ig

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