Civil Society's Global Campaign against Japan's dumping of Nuclear Wastewater at Sea has been urgently organized worldwide since June 2023 based on the urgent request of Korean civil society, facing the Japanese government's ocean dumping of Fukushima nuclear wastewater at the end of August. 

The Japanese government is going to dump radioactive water this summer as planned irrespective of concerns raised by global civil society, including:

• The FAILURE of the Tokyo Electric Power Company to FOLLOW the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea(UNCLOS), when it wrote “The Assessment of Radiological Impact on Public and Environment.”
• The fact DUMPING of Fukushima WATER into the PACIFIC does NOT COMPLY with INTERNATIONAL REGULATIONS such as the IAEA Safety Standards for protecting people and the Environment (GSG-8) and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
• The FAILURE of the Japanese government to seriously CONSIDER STORING Fukushima WASTEWATER with solidification with CONCRETE on LAND.
• The fact that Fukushima WASTEWATER is expected to continue DISCHARGING for more than 30 YEARS CONTAMINATING the PACIFIC OCEAN.

Radioactive materials released after the Fukushima nuclear accident devastated the surrounding land, making it uninhabitable. Contaminated fish continue to be caught. Last January, a rockfish caught in 20-meter-deep water 52 km away from the nuclear power plant, was found to have radioactive levels 14 times above safe limits.

The Pacific Ocean should no longer be contaminated by radioactive materials.

On July 4th of 2023, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) announced the Japan's plan consistent with the IAEA's International Safety Standards. However, NO PROPER VERIFICATION or ASSESSMENT of the RESULTING DAMAGE or IMPACT was CONDUCTED by TEPCO and IAEA. Many physicians worldwide and marine scientists in the USA recommend new approaches and alternatives already suggested to ocean dumping rather than proceeding with Japan’s plan.

Fishermen and civil society groups from Japan and Korea have strongly opposed to the Japan's plan through picket demonstrations and national rallies since 2021 when the plan was announced for the first time.

World authorized scientists groups like the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) and the Association Of Marine Laboratories(NAML) have also opposed to ocean dumping and recommended alternatives like storing it on land.

Local authorities or councils in Japan, Korea, UK, the United States and others have made a resolution to stop the Japan's plan or made a statement.

However, the UN who is committed to the International Human Rights Law and the Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs) has kept in silence on this issue.

We have alternatives to store the wastewater on land that is less harmful. For what does Japanese government and the IAEA press ahead with their plan despite big concerns of biological hazards and strong social opposition? Japan's ocean dumping of nuclear wastewater this summer is nothing but beginning. 

WE BELIEVE that WE CAN STOP the Japanese government and other stakeholders who will have benefits from the ocean dumping of nuclear wastewater IF WE WORK TOGETHER.

To stop the Japan's plan, we would like to CALL ON INDIVIDUALS and GROUPS WORLDWIDE to do the following actions:

1. Join the Signature Movements: Global Joint Statement to the International Organizations such as the UN, and Concerned Countries such as the USA, EU, ASEAN and others
2. Join the SNS Picket Demonstration Movement
3. Send your letter to local and national politicians in your country
4. Share the campaigns with your friends and networks

We are looking forward to your participation in the campaign to save our ocean and our future.