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Japan's planned release of radioactive wastewater into sea "irresponsible": Fijian scholar

STORY: Japan's planned release of radioactive wastewater into sea "irresponsible": Fijian scholar DATELINE: June 24, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:11 LOCATION: Suva CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of protests against Japan's planned release of radioactive wastewater 2. various of the Pacific Ocean 3. SOUNDBITE (English): KALINGA SENEVIRATNE, Consultant with journalism program at USP 4. various of Fiji islands STORYLINE: A Fijian scholar has slammed Japan for planning to dump radioactive wastewater from its crippled Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean. He told Xinhua that Japan should not pollute the sea with nuclear waste, as it will harm the Pacific territories, including the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty areas. SOUNDBITE (English): KALINGA SENEVIRATNE, Consultant with journalism program at USP "What Japan is doing what I see is, in the international context, quite an irresponsible thing, because Japan is part of the Western alliance, which always talks about protecting a 'rules-base

Japan's planned release of radioactive wastewater into sea "irresponsible": Fijian scholar

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