TOKYO, Aug 21 — Japan’s industry minister said today the government had won “a degree of understanding” from the fishing industry for the discharge of treated radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean.
Japan’s plan to release treated water from the damaged nuclear reactor has attracted criticism at home and abroad, including from the fishing industry which fears reputational damage. Ahead of the talks, Sakamoto said that the group’s opposition to the plan had “not changed one bit,” adding that they understood the release could be scientifically safe but still feared reputational damage to their livelihoods.
The water has mostly been used to cool nuclear reactors damaged in 2011 when tsunami waves crashed into the plant on the coast north of Tokyo after an earthquake. The predicted decades-long release raised anxiety among the fishing industry, which was “gravely concerned,” Sakamoto said.
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