Korean researcher joins IAEA team to monitor Japan s planned release of Fukushima water
Posted : 2021-07-09 10:13
Updated : 2021-07-09 17:09
In this 2021 February file photo, nuclear reactors of No. 5, center left, and 6 look over tanks storing water that was treated but still radioactive, at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma town, Fukushima prefecture, northeastern Japan. AP-Yonhap
The U.N. nuclear watchdog has formed a team of experts, including a South Korean researcher, to monitor Japan s planned discharge of treated water from its crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant, the government said Friday.
Kim Hong-suk, a nuclear expert from the Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety (KINS), joined the team that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) formed Thursday, it said, noting his participation will help ensure the safety of the planned water release.
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Horrible hospitality : Detainees talk about reality of Japan immigration facility in film
July 2, 2021 (Mainichi Japan)
Foreigners on temporary release hold a press conference with Ian Thomas Ash (far right), director of the film Ushiku, in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, on May 20, 2021. The two have experienced long-term detention at an immigration facility. (Mainichi/Yukinao Kin) TOKYO It is still fresh in our minds that in March this year, a Sri Lankan woman who was in detention at the Nagoya Regional Immigration Services Bureau died without being able to receive the medical treatment she sought. What is going on in the closed rooms of Japan s immigration facilities? Ian Thomas Ash, a filmmaker from the United States, brought a small camera into a visiting room to make the documentary film Ushiku. What are the realities inside the immigration facility as told by the detainees?
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Tatsujiro Suzuki, exvicepresidente de la Comisión de Energía Atómica de la Oficina del Gabinete, dijo a
Reuters que tiene dudas sobre cómo se obtuvo la aprobación para el reinicio. El especialista dijo que estaba preocupado por la
falta de transparencia y el uso de subsidios para conseguir una opinión favorable de autoridades locales y obtener la necesaria aprobación para su reinicio.
El recuerdo del desastre de Fukushima
Un terremoto gigante en la costa noreste de Japón en marzo de 2011 generó un tsunami que mató a más de 15.000 personas y paralizó el sistema de enfriamiento en la estación nuclear de Fukushima Daiichi.