Fukushima Residents File Lawsuit Against Government and Tokyo Electric Power Company to Ban Discharge

Agreed to No Action Without Stakeholder Consent
"Discharge Is a Breach of Contract Ignoring This" Criticized

Local residents of Fukushima have decided to file a lawsuit against the government and Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) to prohibit the discharge, local media reported on the 23rd.

Opposing the planned discharge of contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant scheduled for the 24th, Fukushima Prefecture residents and their lawyers held a press conference in Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture, on the same day. They announced that they will file a lawsuit on the 8th of next month at the Fukushima District Court, demanding the cancellation of the approval for the contaminated water marine discharge plan and the suspension of the discharge.

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The lawyers stated that the government and TEPCO promised the Fukushima Prefectural Federation of Fisheries Cooperative Associations in 2015 that "no disposal of (contaminated water) would be made without the understanding of the stakeholders," and that the discharge violates this agreement by ignoring it.

They also argued that it infringes on the residents' right to live peacefully and will destroy the livelihoods of people connected to the sea.

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