Original title: TEPCO: If the sewage is discharged into the sea and the image of Fukushima will be damaged
China News Service, June 22. According to Kyodo News Agency, Tokyo Electric Power Company President Tomoaki Kobayakawa revealed on the 21st that the compensation mechanism for image damage will be announced this summer around the discharge of nuclear sewage from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan. It also initiated consultations with agricultural, commercial and industrial organizations in Fukushima Prefecture.
According to reports, Kobayakawa exchanged views with Fukushima Deputy Governor Masaaki Suzuki and others at TEPCO’s headquarters. After receiving reports that concerns about the negative impact of sea discharge have intensified in the prefecture, Kobayakawa said: “If damage is caused, compensation will be made for any period, region, and industry. Indirect impacts will also be properly dealt with.”
According to the report, TEPCO also intends to compensate for the damage that occurred before the discharge, and is exploring ways to reasonably estimate and determine the damage by listening to the situation and using statistical data from the victims. Kobayakawa said that the method of applying for compensation will also be as streamlined as possible.
On April 13, the Japanese government held a cabinet meeting to formally decide to filter and dilute one million tons of nuclear sewage from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the sea. The discharge will begin in about two years.
According to previous reports, a discharge plan considered by TEPCO is to lay a 1-km-long submarine pipeline from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the sea, and then discharge nuclear sewage into the sea. TEPCO intends to start a seabed survey at the end of September to prepare for the discharge of nuclear sewage. It will start laying nuclear sewage pipelines on the seabed in February 2022. It is estimated that it will take one and a half years to complete the laying.
Japan’s decision to discharge nuclear sewage has been opposed by many domestic and international parties. A few days ago, a questionnaire survey conducted by the Governor of Fukushima Prefecture and the heads of all 59 cities, towns and villages in the prefecture showed that about 70% of the persons in charge held a negative attitude towards the Japanese government’s policies. Many people pointed out that domestic and international recognition of pollutant discharge into the sea is insufficient, and questioned the relevant response measures taken by the Japanese government and TEPCO.
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