Sydney protest against Japan's dumping of radioactive waste water into the Pacific
Channel: Green Left
Date: 2023-09-19

Protesters took a stand against Japan's dumping of Fukushima’s nuclear waste into the Pacific Ocean on September 16. The action was organised by the Sydney Candlelight Action (SCA), based in the Korean community, and was part of a global day of action. Katti Jisuk Seo, a Korean-German who now lives in Australia, said while enjoying her first scuba dive on the Great Barrier Reef the shocking news about the toxic waste dumping came through.

“Japan plans to release 1.3 million tons of radioactive contaminated wastewater into the ocean over the next decades: that’s enough to fill at least 500 Olympic-sized swimming pools. From the Pacific it will reach beaches and seas globally, entering fish, marine plants, other sea creatures and mammals throughout the marine food chain. Via evaporation, through rainfall, it will find its way back onto the lands across our planet.”

Video by Peter Boyle for Green Left.