‘Port City Mokpo’ Condemns the Withdrawal of Fukushima Contaminated Water Ocean Discharge Plan

Concerns Over Direct Impact on Fishing-Centered Mokpo, Calls for Transparent Disclosure of All Information

Mokpo City has called for condemnation amid concerns that the release of contaminated water from Fukushima will also deal a severe blow to local coastal fishing vessels. Photo by Mokpo City

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Seung-hyun Jeong] Mokpo City in Jeollanam-do condemned the Japanese government's decision to discharge radioactive contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean and urged its withdrawal.

On the 26th, Mokpo City expressed concern that "the Japanese government's discharge decision not only threatens the survival of all humanity worldwide but also disrupts the Earth's ecosystem, leaving an indelible pain for future generations."

It continued, "Mokpo has long been a fisheries city where seafood from the southwestern sea gathers and is distributed nationwide," emphasizing, "Japan's discharge of radioactive contaminated water into the ocean will seriously threaten not only health and safety but also the livelihoods of people who depend on the sea."

Accordingly, the city urged the Japanese government to ▲immediately withdraw the decision to discharge radioactive contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant ▲transparently disclose all information related to the status and management of the radioactive contaminated water, and consult with neighboring countries.

It also requested the Korean government to ▲completely suspend imports of Japanese seafood if the discharge is forcibly carried out ▲strengthen verification of the entire process of treating radioactive contaminated water from the nuclear power plant.

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