{"id":6255,"date":"2022-12-28T14:44:31","date_gmt":"2022-12-28T05:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jaif.or.jp\/en\/?p=6255"},"modified":"2023-01-10T15:59:57","modified_gmt":"2023-01-10T06:59:57","slug":"south-korean-ngo-visits-fukushima-daiichi-toward-disseminating-accurate-information-on-alps-treated-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jaif.or.jp\/en\/news\/6255","title":{"rendered":"South Korean NGO Visits Fukushima Daiichi Toward Disseminating Accurate Information on ALPS-Treated Water"},"content":{"rendered":"

The go<\/span>al of the NGO<\/span>\u2014<\/span>a network established in South Korea in 2018<\/span>\u2014<\/span>is to <\/span>\u201cbuild an<\/span> advanced<\/span> society through rational resolution<\/span>s<\/span> of issues based on fact<\/span>s and science.<\/span>\u201d <\/span>The policy of the<\/span> former Korean administration <\/span>(Pres<\/span>ident Moon Jae<\/span>-in, 2017-22) <\/span>had <\/span>been<\/span> to phase out nuclear power<\/span>,<\/span> and it <\/span>bra<\/span>nded the treated water accumulated on the premises of Fukushima Daiichi \u201ca hazardous substance that must not be relea<\/span>sed into the sea<\/span>.<\/span>\u201d <\/span>T<\/span>hat<\/span> view\u00a0<\/span>continues to influence public opinion in Korea.<\/span><\/p>\n

The NGO<\/span> responded <\/span>to that situation <\/span>by calling on the <\/span>Moon <\/span>administration<\/span> to provide accurate information on nuclear energy and <\/span>radioactivity<\/span>. It has\u00a0<\/span>highlighted the matter<\/span> through newspaper adve<\/span>rtisement<\/span>s<\/span>, signature activities, seminars, <\/span>social media<\/span>, and more.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

The<\/span> party<\/span> of seven <\/span>NGO <\/span>members<\/span>,<\/span> including<\/span> its director<\/span>,<\/span> PA<\/span>R<\/span>K<\/span> Kichol<\/span> (former vice president of <\/span>Korea Hydro & <\/span>Nuclear Power<\/span>, or <\/span>KHNP<\/span>), visited <\/span>Fukushima Daiichi<\/span> to <\/span>see<\/span> in person how the water is <\/span>being <\/span>m<\/span>anaged and <\/span>to gather and <\/span>convey accurate information to the current <\/span>South <\/span>Korean government, members of <\/span>the National Assembly, <\/span>and the <\/span>South <\/span>K<\/span>orean <\/span>people.<\/span><\/p>\n

The visitors<\/span> first<\/span> got an overview of activities at Units 1<\/span>–<\/span>4 and observed the<\/span>ALPS<\/span> multi-nuclide removal <\/span>equipment<\/span>, which purifies contaminated water generated when cooling the reactor buildings<\/span>.<\/span> They<\/span> also vi<\/span>sited the<\/span> construction <\/span>site <\/span>for<\/span> facilities <\/span>to<\/span> release the water, the <\/span>tanks for measuring and <\/span>evaluating the water<\/span> prior to rel<\/span>ease<\/span>,<\/span> and <\/span>feeding trials <\/span>for<\/span> marine <\/span>organisms <\/span>being conducted <\/span>as p<\/span>art of environmental monitor<\/span>ing.<\/span><\/p>\n

After the visit, <\/span>a member of the party<\/span> said<\/span>,<\/span> \u201c<\/span>W<\/span>e understand that <\/span>the<\/span>understanding of local<\/span> people must first be obtained<\/span> be<\/span>for<\/span>e<\/span> offshore release<\/span> is all<\/span>owed<\/span>. <\/span>Th<\/span>at will be<\/span> hard. We<\/span> hope you can<\/span> win their <\/span>confidence.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The NGO is <\/span>now <\/span>considering<\/span> the issu<\/span>ance of <\/span>some sort of publication <\/span>c<\/span>on<\/span>cerning<\/span> its visit to<\/span> Fukushima Daiichi<\/span>. <\/span>Representative<\/span>s said <\/span>of their on<\/span>site visit that <\/span>it was <\/span>\u201c<\/span>touching<\/span> to see thousands of <\/span>people working <\/span>quietly, diligently<\/span>for restoration.\u201d<\/span> They noted<\/span> that t<\/span>ritium, which <\/span>cannot be removed by ALPS<\/span>, is <\/span>regularly<\/span> released into the sea at nuclear facilities in South Korea a<\/span>nd <\/span>in <\/span>many other countries<\/span>. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIn South Ko<\/span>rea,<\/span>\u201d <\/span>one <\/span>of the visitors <\/span>said<\/span>,<\/span> \u201c<\/span>th<\/span>ere are still <\/span>quite a few<\/span> people who are against offsh<\/span>ore release. We want to correct <\/span>the <\/span>distorted <\/span>information <\/span>about<\/span>Fukushima Daiichi and <\/span>eliminate <\/span>misunderstanding and fear<\/span>s<\/span> about nuclear power and rad<\/span>ioactivity<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The goal of the NGO\u2014a network established in South Korea in 2018\u2014is to \u201cbuild an advanced society through rational resolutions of issues based on facts and science.\u201d The policy of the former Korean administration (President Moon Jae-in, 2017-22) had been to phase out nuclear power, and it branded the treated water accumulated on the premises […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6256,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,1],"tags":[49,850,27,21,381,28,217,639,61],"class_list":["post-6255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fukushima","category-news","tag-alps","tag-disinformation","tag-fukushima","tag-fukushima-daiichi","tag-korea","tag-radiation","tag-rumor","tag-treated-water","tag-tritium"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jaif.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jaif.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jaif.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jaif.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jaif.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6255"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.jaif.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6257,"href":"https:\/\/www.jaif.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6255\/revisions\/6257"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jaif.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jaif.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jaif.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jaif.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}