The Civil Society Global Campaign Network Against Japan's Nuclear Waste Dumping at Sea is a campaign network that has been urgently organised globally since June 2023 in response to an urgent request from South Korean civil society to oppose the Japanese government's dumping of Fukushima nuclear waste at sea in late August 2023.

A list of 121 participating organisations from 32 countries, including regional and international NGOs, can be found here.

The Japanese government began discharging radioactive wastewater as scheduled on 24 August, 2023.

People around the world, including Fukushima fishermen and local residents, are condemning the Japanese government's unscientific and illegal discharge of contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean.

The World renowned scientists groups also opposed the discharge of radioactive wastewater at sea and recommend storing radioactive wastewater with solidification with concrete on land as an alternative.

Local governments or politicians in Japan, South Korea, the United Kingdom, and the United States have issued statements opposing Japan's plans to discharge radioactively contaminated water into the ocean or have adopted resolutions banning the release of nuclear wastewater into the ocean.

However, the Japanese government continues to insist that Fukushima contaminated water is safe, ignoring public opinion and refusing to provide the scientific explanations demanded by scientists and civil society, and is using all its diplomatic muscle to get the international community to accept the dumping of Fukushima contaminated water into the ocean.

The United Nations, which is dedicated to international human rights law and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), has remained silent on the issue. 

@ Why We Oppose:

• [Lack of Transparency and Sufficient Information] Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) has not released enough information since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident to assess the radiological impact on the public and the environment. / International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW)'s statement (Nobel Peace Prize Laureate in 1985 and 2017), National Association Of Marine Laboratories(NAML)'s statement
• [Non-compliance with the London Convention and the Law of the Sea] According to the London Convention, which has comprehensively banned dumping of radioactive waste at sea since 1994, the discharge of nuclear waste into the sea is prohibited. / Report by a five-member independent international scientific panel appointed by the Pacific Island Forum (PIF)
• [Not Meet IAEA Safety Standards to Protect People and the Environment (GSG-8)] The IAEA noted in its final report that it did not endorse or justify discharging Japan's radioactive wastewater into the Pacific Ocean. The IAEA acknowledged the lack of data from TEPCO to assess the effects of radiation on people and the environment. / Reuters_July 7, 2023_Exclusive: IAEA chief Grossi hints at discord among Fukushima report experts
• [Violation of Human Rights] Japan's discharge of contaminated water into the Pacific Ocean is a human rights violation.: 1) Right to Access Information and Public Participation, including in Environmental Matters, 2) Rights to Information, Consultation and Free, Prior Informed Consent and Indigenous People, 3) Right of Future Generations, 4) Right of the Child, 5) Right of Every Individual to Life, 6) Right to the Enjoyment of the Highest Attainable Standard of Physical and Mental Health, 7) Right to an Adequate Standard of Living, 8) Right to Culture, 9) Right to Work and Workers Rights, and 10) Right to Development. / UN Human Rights experts' statement in 2021,  The Official Letter to the UN Human Rights Council Special Procedure Communication
• [Caused Actual Environmental Harm] Radioactive materials released after the Fukushima nuclear accident devastated the surrounding land and made it uninhabitable. Contaminated fish continue to be caught. In January 2023, radioactivity exceeding 14 times the radioactivity standard was detected in rockfish caught at a depth of 20 m, 52 km away from the nuclear power plant. / The Maritime Executive_Feb 8, 2022_Rockfish Caught off Fukushima Still Exceeds Radioactivity Limits
• [Caused Actual Economic and Social Harm] On August 24, 2023, Japan's nuclear wastewater release nullified efforts by the food and tourism industries of Japan and all Pacific countries to restore their reputations after the 2011 tsunami. 
• [Failure to consider alternatives proposed by scientists] A group of world-renowned scientists recommends an alternative method of discharging radioactive wastewater: storing radioactive wastewater with solidification with concrete on land. However, the Japanese government is not considering this from 2021 without any reasonable reason.

• Korean Parliament adopts resolution against Japan's Fukushima water release plan_June 27, 2023
• The UK/Ireland Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA)'s statement_August 22, 2023
• Massachusetts rejects request to discharge radioactive water from closed nuclear plant into bay_AP News_July 26, 2023
• New York State Governor Hochul Signs Bill to Protect the Hudson River From Indian Point Decommissioning Wastewater_New York State_August 18, 2023

@ What You Can Do

1. Join the Petition: Global Joint Statement to the International Organizations such as the UN, and Concerned Countries such as the USA, EU, ASEAN and others
2. Share this campaign with your friends and networks
3. Send your letter to local and national politicians in your countries
4. Join us at a rally in your city to make our presence known.

If we Work Together, We Can Stop the Japanese government and those who profit from dumping nuclear waste in the ocean.

Contact: Global Campaign Network against Japan's Ocean Dumping of Nuclear Waste Water

Email: [email protected]

If you want to join the network, please register on the application form: https://forms.gle/GHe4U2CFmNMKkriE7