South Korean lawmakers want further review of Japan's waste disposal plan

South Korean opposition lawmakers say more organizations should be involved in evaluating Tokyo's plan to dump waste into the ocean from the Fukushima nuclear power plant.

The Advanced Liquid Treatment System (ALPS) is capable of removing 62 radioactive substances from contaminated water at the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant. (Photo: Dao Thanh Tung/VNA)

According to Reuters, South Korean opposition lawmakers visiting Japan on July 12 said that more expert organizations should participate in evaluating Tokyo's plan to discharge waste into the sea from the Fukushima nuclear power plant, in addition to the United Nations nuclear watchdog.

Opposition Democratic Party of Korea lawmaker Wi Seong-gon made the comments in a joint statement at a press conference.

The statement also received support from eight members of the Japanese Parliament .

Earlier on July 11, South Korea's main opposition Democratic Party called on President Yoon Suk Yeol to demand Tokyo abandon its Fukushima discharge plan when he meets Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida this week.

Speaking at a meeting, Democratic Party leader Park Kwang-on said: "Before the Korea-Japan summit, I propose three measures. First, the President (Yoon Suk Yeol) asks Japan to stop discharging radioactive wastewater from the Fukushima plant into the sea. The presidential office has stated that it gives the highest priority to the health and safety of the people. If so, the answer is to stop the discharge into the sea."

In addition, Mr. Park called on the Korean government to file a lawsuit against Japan at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea and raise the issue at the upcoming Consultation of the Contracting Parties to the London Convention and Protocol.

Senior officials of the main opposition Democratic Party (DP) met with the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on July 9 to express concern and regret over plans to release wastewater from Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant .

At the meeting, DP representative to the National Assembly, Mr. Woo Won-shik, expressed regret that the IAEA supported Japan's wastewater discharge plan despite people's concerns about the potential long-term effects of treated wastewater on humans and the environment./.

(Vietnam+)

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