The Korea Nuclear Safety and Safety Commission asked Japan to provide information on the discharge of radioactive water from the Fukushima plant.

Japan's reluctance to divulge information on the treatment of contaminated water from the Fukushima incident is hampering the help of neighboring countries to minimize negative impacts, Uhm Jae-sik, Chairman of the Korea Nuclear Safety and Safety Committee (NSSC) said today.

"We have brought Japan's radioactive water problem to the international community to minimize the impact. However, Japan has not disclosed any plans or processes so we need more details. simulation and problem research, "said Uhm Jae-sik.

After the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster, the three reactors at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant melted, causing radioactive water to leak, infiltrate the groundwater and stormwater at the plant. .

This amount of water has been treated but still slightly contaminated and collected and stored in 1,000 large tanks with a total capacity of one million tons. The contaminated water tanks are expected to run out of storage by 2022.

Japan has yet to decide on how to treat the polluted water, but Environment Minister Yoshiaki Harada said in September that radioactive water could be discharged directly into the Pacific.

In addition to the Fukushima crisis, concerns over nuclear energy safety increased in South Korea following the 2012 scandal. At that time, a series of substandard installations in nuclear reactors were discovered, causing them to shut down.

South Korea is gradually eliminating nuclear power to reduce people's concerns. The world's fifth-largest nuclear power user currently operates 25 nuclear reactors, generating about one-third of the nation's total electricity.