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SOKOR EYES LEGAL ACTION VS FUKUSHIMA WATER RELEASE
- By The Financial District
- Apr 15, 2021
- 2 min read
South Korean President Moon Jae In on Wednesday instructed government officials to consider taking Japan to the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea to block its decision to release treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the sea, the presidential office said, as per the report of Kyodo News.
The move to consider taking legal action against Japan at the tribunal in Hamburg, Germany, came after the Japanese government's decision a day earlier triggered strong public opposition in South Korea.
At a time when bilateral ties have sunk to their lowest point in decades over issues related to Japan's 1910-1945 colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula, the dispute about the release of the treated water into the Pacific Ocean has emerged as a new problem between the two countries.
Moon expressed great concern over the plan to Japan's new ambassador to South Korea, Koichi Aiboshi, on Wednesday when he met him to receive his credentials.
"South Korea is greatly concerned as the two nations are geographically closest and share the sea," Moon told Aiboshi, according to the presidential office.
Moon instructed officials to consider options that include seeking a provisional measure from the tribunal to stop the release of the water, according to the office.
In Tokyo, Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato said the Japanese government has yet to receive a notice from the South Korean government about such consideration of legal action, but added, "Japan will offer careful explanations to the international community to foster understanding" of its water release plan.
"In releasing ALPS treated water, Japan will make sure to follow international laws as well as regulations and rules within and outside of Japan to ensure safety," Kato added, referring to an advanced liquid processing system, or ALPS, that removes various radioactive materials from contaminated water.
