[영문성명서] We Condemn the Japanese Government’s Decision to Release Fukushima Radioactive Wastewater into the Sea

Joint Statement from South Korean Civil Society Groups:
We Condemn the Japanese Government’s Decision to Release Fukushima Radioactive Wastewater into the Sea
- The sea is not a dumping ground
- What right does Japan have to unilaterally pollute the sea?
- Withdraw the decision to release radioactive wastewater into the sea
On April 13, the Japanese government officially announced its decision to discharge contaminated wastewater from Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean. In the decade since the Fukushima nuclear accident, the issue of radioactive wastewater discharge has been strongly opposed not only in Japan, but also by neighboring countries including South Korea.
The Japanese government insists that through staggered releases and dilution the contaminated water will be harmless to humans. However, even if diluted the total amount of radioactive material thrown into the sea remains unchanged. If the radioactive wastewater is discharged, it will be a irrevocable disaster not only for marine ecosystem but for the human.
On April 12, a joint Korean-Japanese committee for 10th anniversary of Fukushima nuclear disaster delivered an international petition to the Japanese government. The petition was signed by 64,600 people from 86 countries. Calls have grown internationally for the continued long-term storage through building additional storage tanks etc., rather than ocean discharge.
Today, the Japanese government made a choice that should not have been made. Anti-Nuke Citizen Action Committee defines the Japanese government's decision as nuclear terrorism, and will take all measures to prevent the discharge of radioactive wastewater into the oceans in the future.
April 13, 2021
Anti-Nuke Citizen Action Committee
Christian Environmental Movement Solidarity, Workers' Solidarity, Green Party, Green Alliance, Daejeon Nuclear Hope, Buddhist Ecological Contents Research Institute, Buddhist Environment Solidarity, Samcheok Nuclear Power Plant Anti-Committee, Civic Radiation Monitoring Center, ICOOP Cooperative (Gangnam, Gangseo, Dobong Nowon Stepping Stone, Seodaemun Mapo Eunpyeong, Seoul, Songpa), Energy and Climate Policy Research Institute, Energy Justice Action, Joint Action to Secure the Safety of Yeonggwang Nuclear Power Plant, Wolseong Nuclear Power Plant Adjacent Region Migration Countermeasure Committee, Justice Party, Political Mothers, Post-nuclear Race Gyeongju Citizens Joint Action, Anti-Nuke Energy Transition Jeonbuk Solidarity, Jeju North Koreans' Action, Participation Solidarity, Catholic Men's Ministers' Council Justice Peace Environment Committee, Catholic Jesus Company's Independence Committee, Drawing Abstracts, Korea YWCA Federation, Korean Catholic Women's Capital Presidents' Association JPIC Division, Hansalim Association, Nuclear Free Daegu Citizen's Action for the World, Chungbuk Action for a Nuclear-Free Society, Gochang-gun Action for a Nuclear-Free World, Gwangju-Jeonnam Action in a Nuclear World, Korean Federation of Environmental Movements, Environmental Justice
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▲ 24일 가습기살균제참사 전국네트워크와 가피모 회원들이 AK프라자 구로지점 앞에서 가해기업들의 책임을 촉구하는 다섯번째 시리즈캠페인을 열고 있다. 이날 나원양의 사연을 담은 편지는 환경보건시민센터 회원 김지원씨가 대독했다.[/caption]


한국여성소비자연합 김순복 사무처장 (출처 : 가습기넷)[/caption]
이에 대해 한국여성소비자연합 김순복 사무처장은 "가습기메이트라는 이름을 붙여 거의 10년간(2002년부터 2011년까지) 165만 개를 판매해 큰 수익을 냈음에도, 단지 (SK케미칼로부터) 납품만 받았다며 책임을 회피하는 건 무책임한 자세"라고 지적합니다. "단 한번만이라도 소비자들에 대한 책임감을 느끼고, 안전에 대한 검사를 했더라면 비극은 없었을 것"이라는 주장입니다
▲SK케미칼은 1994년에 최초로 가습기 살균제를 개발하여 ‘가습기 메이트’라는 제품을 출시했다. 1994년 11월 16일자 매일경제신문에 기사가 실렸고, 1995년 12월 2일자 동아일보에는 “내 아이를 위하여 가습기엔 꼭 가습기 메이트를 넣자구요”라는 제목의 하단 전면 제품광고도 실렸다.[/caption]
▲ 2011년, 애경 홈페이지에 게시된 수거 방침 안내 공고문 (출처 : 애경산업)[/caption]



※ 환경운동연합 생활환경 캠페인은 노란리본기금의 후원으로 진행됩니다.




▲ 피해자들 “문재인 대통령님! 가습기 살균제 참사 꼭 해결해 주십시오!” (출처 : 환경운동연합)[/caption]




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▲롯데마트 자체브랜드(PB) '와이즐렉' 가습기 살균제 (사진=방송 자료화면 캡처)[/caption]
▲ 오늘(17일) 낮 12시, 가습기살균제피해자와가족모임(가피모)와 가습기살균제참사전국네트워크(가습기참사넷)는 중구 롯데마트 서울역점 앞에서 기자회견을 진행했습니다.(출처 : 가습기넷)[/caption]
▲ 환경부가 한국환경보건학회에 의뢰해 조사한 가습기살균제 피해조사에서 조사대상 1,228명이 응답한 사용제품 2,690개 중 13.4%인 164개가 롯데마트의 자체브랜드(PB) 와이즐렉 가습기살균제로 옥시싹싹, 홈플러스 제품과 동일한 PHMG살균제 성분을 사용한 제품이었 (출처 : 가습기넷)[/caption]
▲ 오늘(17일) 낮 12시, 가습기살균제피해자와가족모임(가피모)와 가습기살균제참사전국네트워크(가습기참사넷)는 중구 롯데마트 서울역점 앞에서 기자회견을 진행했습니다.(출처 : 가습기넷)[/caption]
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