Thousands of people have taken to the streets in the capital of South Korea to protest against Japan’s controversial release of nuclear-contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant.
Japan began dumping the water from the wrecked nuclear power plant into the sea on Thursday, drawing a broad condemnation.
Tokyo says the released water is safe, but environmental activists argue that all possible impacts of wastewater disposal have not been studied.
Seoul also says it sees no scientific problems with the water release.
Korea Radiation Watch organized a rally in Seoul on Saturday to demand that the government take steps to avoid a looming disaster from the release of water from the nuclear plant.
About 50,000 people attended the rally, according to organizers.
An activist from the group, Choi Kyoungsook, said it could not be trusted that the water is safe to dump in the ocean.
“Nobody can tell what’s going to happen to the marine ecosystem in the next 100 years.”
“We will not be immediately seeing disasters like detecting radioactive materials in seafood but it seems inevitable that this discharge would pose a risk to the local fishing industry,” Choi added, urging the government “to come up with solutions.”
The US Department of State, however, endorsed Tokyo’s dumping of the wastewater, saying Washington is “satisfied with Japan’s safe, transparent, and science-based process.”
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