Pacific nations and territories aren’t yet convinced their people and waters will be safe when Japan discharges processed nuclear wastewater into the Pacific, as it recently announced it plans to do.
Despite briefings from Japan, and its cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency, the Pacific community is yet to fully understand what the ramifications of dropping 1 million tons of wastewater off Japan’s coast might be.
“Currently we are not satisfied there will be no harm to our Blue Pacific,” said Henry Puna, secretary general of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, noting that even basic concerns had not yet been addressed.
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