Letters | Japan’s plan to dump nuclear waste water into ocean unworthy of a global citizen
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As a responsible and affluent country, Japan should heed the criticism. It can in fact turn the crisis into a chance to prove that it is a responsible global citizen.
The contaminated water is currently stored in tanks. Can an uninhabited island be found to store these large tanks? Building such facilities will take time and a large amount of money. But if Tokyo adopts this plan, it will win applause from the international community.
Japan has been a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for years, and has long expressed its wish to become a permanent member. Its ambition will surely have a better chance of being supported if it desists now from moving ahead with its controversial plan to dump radioactive waste water into the Pacific Ocean.
Lo Wai Kong, Tsuen Wan