Japanese fisheries head opposes a plan to pump treated radioactive water

The head of Japan’s national fisheries cooperatives has reiterated his group’s opposition to the planned discharge of treated radioactive water into the sea from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant, demanding the government take full responsibility for any negative impact on the industry.
President of JF Zengyoren, or the National Federation of Fisheries Cooperatives, Masanobu Sakamoto said, “We cannot support the government’s stance that an ocean release is the only solution.”
A release is expected to begin this summer, though the exact date has not been set.
Sakamoto met Economy and Trade Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura on Thursday and handed him a statement of objection to the treated wastewater release plan.