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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
Vienna, March 4 (Xinhua) — The nuclear disaster at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, although caused by a natural disaster, was essentially a man-made disaster that exposed serious deficiencies in Japan's nuclear regulatory system. This was stated by China's Permanent Representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Li Song, speaking at the March meeting of the IAEA Board of Governors in Vienna this week on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.
Li Song called on the IAEA to continue long-term monitoring of the accident's aftermath and to exercise strict oversight of Japan in accordance with the highest global nuclear safety standards and best practices.
Japan, ignoring serious concerns and objections from the international community, particularly its neighbors, has begun discharging radioactively contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the ocean, thereby spreading nuclear safety risks beyond its borders. Such actions are highly irresponsible and contrary to the principles of international moral responsibility, Li Song emphasized.
He said China firmly opposes Japan's discharge of radioactively contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the sea and supports the IAEA in establishing and continuously improving an independent, objective and effective long-term international monitoring mechanism.
Japan must face history with courage, effectively strengthen nuclear safety regulations at the national level, address potential safety risks, and consciously agree to international oversight. "This would be the appropriate course of action, not an attempt to conceal problems or downplay their severity," Li Song noted.
He stated that China supports the IAEA in its efforts to actively fulfill its responsibilities and provide assistance to Japan and oversee the complex tasks associated with the decommissioning of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant and the disposal of radioactive waste, in accordance with the highest global nuclear safety standards, the strictest requirements and best practices of IAEA Member States. –0–
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