report by the iaea on the plan to discharge the treated water from the fukushima nuclear power plant. ever since, from the fukushima nuclear power plant. eversince, i from the fukushima nuclear power plant. ever since, i have been continuing my efforts in this regard, including in particular by visiting fukushima, where a number of important things happened. the first, i would say, was for me the opportunity to meet with 11 mayors of the region, of the prefecture there, near the plant. the chamber of commerce, the fishermen association and other local actors and people from the area. i felt that my direct contact with them was indispensable, was something i was keen on doing in order to do what i am doing with you here, but of course, with the added, i would say, ingredient of this being in contact with the people at the first lines of impact of whatever we do there. what happened in march 2011 there and the subsequent actions that have been taken by the japanese government f
thank you. japan has urged china to provide its citizens with accurate information about the release of wastewater from the fukushima nuclear plant. beijing objects strongly to the practice, despite evidence that it s safe. japanese businesses say they ve been harassed by abusive phone calls from china. china has been the loudest critic of japan s plan to release this water into the ocean, four weeks it has been stirring up outrage. it has accused japan of telling the pacific ocean into a sewer. almost immediately afterjapan started immediately after japan started releasing immediately afterjapan started releasing this water into the ocean on thursday, china announced it was banning alljapanese seafood. it is little wonder that some of this animosity has started to trickle down to the public. what the authorities in fukushima injapan have said is that over the past few days they at government offices, businesses, schools, have received
this was a shocking disaster when it happened back in 2011 and there has been a lot of concern injapan and also of course in south korea as to what happens next. do you think these comments, this press conference, all the information regarding will start to allay some of those concerns? it’s some of those concerns? it s very difficult some of those concerns? it s very difficult to some of those concerns? it s very difficult to talbot from wiping hearing from people and fukushima for example, you get the feeling that what happens with the science, what happens with the science, what happens with governmental briefings, what happens in terms of all the research and studies that are regulated and that have now been endorsed by the iaea, giving their own assessment saying that this is scientifically sound, this is safe, guy had, will have negligible radiological effects on people and the environment, that doesn t seem to be translating to the ground, to the general public weather her
was not compromised. leaders around the world condemned the russian military for recklessness, but russia s envoy at the un security council insisted it was untrue that his country s forces had shelled the plant, insisting that ukrainian saboteurs were to blame. it was ukrainian emergency crews that dealt with the fire, and the immediate danger now appears to have passed. but nuclear experts say the situation is still precarious. we re not looking at another- chornobyl accident, but the primary concern here is that the electricity supply gets cut off, it stops the pumps from working that cool the reactor. and if that were to happen, - the nuclear fuel inside would melt down, so it s really important that the russian forces - and the ukrainian forces stop firing in the direction - of the nuclear power stations. interruption to the power supply was behind the nuclear disaster at fukushima injapan in 2011. but while that was caused
but russia s envoy at the un security council insisted it was untrue that his country s forces had shelled the plant, insisting that ukrainian saboteurs were to blame. it was ukrainian emergency crews that dealt with the fire, and the immediate danger now appears to have passed. but nuclear experts say the situation is still precarious. we re not looking at another- chornobyl accident, but the primary concern here is that the electricity sunpiy gets cut off, it stops the pumps from working that cool the reactor. and if that were to happen, - the nuclear fuel inside would melt down, so it s really important that the russian forces - and the ukrainian forces stop firing in the direction - of the nuclear power stations. interruption to the power supply was behind the nuclear disaster at fukushima injapan in 2011. but while that was caused by a natural disaster, this conflict is now drawing close to nuclear power plants that are not designed for war zones. victoria gill, bbc news.