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Lawmaker orders Japan envoy Frank Hsieh to report
WATER FUROR: A KMT legislator said Frank Hsieh is required in Taipei this week to report on the development and prospects of the Taiwan-Japan relationship
By Chen Yun / Staff reporter
Representative to Japan Frank Hsieh (謝長廷) is required to report to the legislature’s Foreign Affairs and National Defense committee on Thursday after his remarks about Japan’s plan to discharge water from the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant sparked controversy, Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Liao Wan-ju (廖婉汝) said yesterday.
Japan on April 13 announced that it plans to release treated water containing tritium from the wrecked nuclear plant into the ocean, despite protests from neighboring countries.
Fukushima monitoring plans unveiled
CONTINUOUS PROBE: The Atomic Energy Agency would seek to join international efforts, which might be difficult due to China’s participation, an agency official said
Staff writer, with CNA
The Atomic Energy Council (AEC) is planning to spend more than NT$500 million (US$17.77 million) on early warning, monitoring and research activities focused on the waters around Taiwan, the council said yesterday.
The statement came after Japan on Tuesday last week announced that it plans to release processed wastewater from the wrecked Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant into the ocean in several years.
However, the council said that it had made preparations for such a move ahead of Tokyo’s announcement.
Taiwan to allocate NT$500 million to monitor Japan s radioactive water
04/22/2021 05:45 PM
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Taipei, April 22 (CNA) Taiwan s nuclear regulatory authority on Thursday pledged to spend a total of NT$500 million (US$17.6 million) over the coming years to establish a warning system to monitor the waters around the country in the wake of a decision by Japan to release treated radioactive water from a disabled nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean in two years.
Minister of the Atomic Energy Council (AEC) Hsieh Shou-shing (謝曉星) said that of the total budget, NT$128 million will be spent on working with the Ocean Affairs Council on an 18-month project to establish the warning system.