2024/03/05 Fukushima discharge case hearing begins

Fukushima discharge case hearing begins

Japanese citizens have called for a halt to the discharge of nuclear-contaminated water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the ocean and demanded that the government revoke the permission for the controversial program at the first public hearing of a lawsuit in Fukushima on Monday.

The hearing of the lawsuit, filed by 363 Japanese fishery stakeholders and ordinary citizens nationwide against the Tokyo Electric Power Company and the government over the ocean discharge, was held at the Fukushima District Court in Fukushima City.

TEPCO started releasing nuclear-contaminated water into the Pacific Ocean on Aug 24 last year. It is now in the fourth round of discharge.