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UN Experts Urge Japan Not to Rush Discharge of Radioactive Water
File photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter in August 2015 shows toxic water tanks filling the premises of Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan, crippled in the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster. / KYODO
By Kyodo News 10 June 2020
GENEVA—Four United Nations human rights experts on Tuesday urged the Japanese government against rushing to discharge radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea until consultations are made with affected communities and neighboring countries.
“We are deeply concerned by reports that the government of Japan has accelerated its timeline for the release of radioactive wastewater into the ocean without time or opportunity for meaningful consultations,” the experts said in a press release.
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