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Members of civic groups stage a rally to demand the stop of the Japan's dumping of Fukushima nuclear-contaminated wastewater into ocean, in front of Japanese Embassy, in Seoul, South Korea, OctOber 5, 2023. /CFP
A group of South Korean activists on Thursday condemned Japan's dumping of nuclear-contaminated wastewater from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the Pacific Ocean.
The activists held a press conference near the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, urging the Japanese government to immediately stop the "nuclear terrorism crimes against humanity."
They said in a statement that the Japanese government is untrustworthy as the first round of the wastewater release has already caused trouble in the ocean, noting that the discharge is planned to continue for over 30 years.
The activists called on Japan to decommission the Fukushima nuclear power plant in cooperation with other countries and store the wastewater on its land, urging the South Korean government to file a complaint against Japan with the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea.
Despite mounting concerns and opposition at home and abroad, Japan launched the second round of discharge of nuclear-contaminated wastewater into the ocean earlier in the day.
The discharge commenced at around 10:30 a.m. local time, according to the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant operator.
TEPCO said it plans to carry out the release over 17 days to discharge 7,800 tonnes of the radioactive wastewater, roughly the same amount as the first discharge, which ended on September 11.
(With input from Xinhua)
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