中新网评：处理核污水绝不是日本自家私事******
中新网北京1月19日电(蒋鲤)日本政府近日称，将于2023年春夏期间开始向海洋排放经过处理的福岛第一核电站核污水。日本罔顾国内民众及周边国家的屡屡反对，企图将核污水“一倒了之”，把一件关乎全球海洋生态环境和公众健康的事当成了自家私事。
资料图：日本福岛第一核电站。2011年，福岛核电站事故发生后，大量放射性物质泄漏到大气层和太平洋，对周围环境造成了难以逆转的伤害，数十万人被迫撤离该地区。时至今日，作为日本邻国之一的韩国仍未解除福岛海鲜禁令。
日本以核污水存储能力即将达到上限为由，在2021年4月13日，正式决定将福岛第一核电站核污水排入太平洋。过去一年多，日本政府和东京电力公司一直在持续推进核污水排海计划。
日本政府辩称，这些核污水经多核素处理系统(ALPS)处理后很安全，甚至“可以喝”，这样的表态无疑在愚弄大众。
事实上，经过处理的核污水仍含有多种放射性物质，核污水一旦排放入海就无法回收，长期来看，将会给海洋生态带来难以估量的潜在威胁，最终危害人类健康。
因此，核污水排海计划推出后，遭到日本民众强烈反对。日本《朝日新闻》2022年3月公布的问卷调查显示，福岛县、宫城县和岩手县受访的42个市町村长中，约六成反对东京电力公司福岛第一核电站核污水排放入海。日本全国渔业协会联合会也多次申明立场，反对该计划。
日本政府认为，核污水排海是最便宜、最省事的解决方案，但此举却将周边国家乃至全世界置于核污染风险中。太平洋非日本一家之海，核污水会随着洋流流动，其影响势必会跨越国界，危害周边国家乃至整个国际社会的公共福祉和利益。
《韩国经济新闻》发文称，相关研究认为，福岛核污水如果排放入海，约7个月后将到达济州等韩国海域，该国水产业和旅游业将遭受相当大的损失。
德国南极海洋机构也曾发出警告，若日本将所有核污水排入海中，不到半年，整个太平洋都将面临高度辐射威胁，包括远在大洋另一端的美国。太平洋地区人民更是对日本该计划持反对意见。
日本作为《联合国海洋法公约》缔约国，有义务保护海洋环境。然而，在核污水排海方案的正当性、核污水数据的可靠性、净化装置的有效性、环境影响的不确定性等问题上，日本未能作出科学、可信的说明。
国际原子能机构技术工作组虽已三次赴日实地考察评估，但尚未就日排海方案的安全性给出结论，并且对日本提出诸多澄清要求和整改意见。在此情况下，日本仍执意推进核污水排海工程建设，这是极不负责任的行为。
太平洋不是日本的下水道，日本必须正视各方合理关切，在与周边国家等相关利益方和国际原子能机构充分协商后，制定合理的核污水处理方案。日本也要着眼长远，若只顾眼前，执意将核污水排放入海，不仅其自身，周边国家乃至全世界都将为之买单，其后果必将会危害数代人。
Fukushima water disposal by no means Japan’s own business
By John Lee
(ECNS) -- Japan has announced it will release treated wastewater from the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the Pacific Ocean this year.
Although Fukushima wastewater disposal affects global marine ecological environment protection and public health, Japan has turned a deaf ear to domestic and international opposition to dumping the contaminated water into the sea, treating the "global" matter as its own business.
The Fukushima accident in 2011 had sent large quantities of radiation into the atmosphere and the Pacific Ocean, causing irreversible damage to the surrounding environment, and hundreds of thousands of people were forced to evacuate the area. South Korea still maintains its import ban on Japanese seafood from areas affected by the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
On April 13, 2021, Japan announced it had decided to discharge contaminated radioactive wastewater in Fukushima Prefecture into the sea due to dwindling storage space, with the Japanese government and plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. promoting the release plan over the past year.
The Japanese government argues that the water treated by an advanced liquid processing system, or ALPS, is safe and drinkable, which is undoubtedly fooling the public.
In fact, the treated wastewater still includes a variety of radioactive substances and can’t be recycled once discharged into the sea, which will pose a great threat to marine ecology and ultimately endanger human health in the long run.
Therefore, the discharge plan has been strongly opposed in Japan. According to a questionnaire conducted by The Asahi Shimbun, nearly 60 percent of mayors of 42 municipalities in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures oppose the discharge plan. The National Fisheries Cooperative Federation of Japan has also repeatedly stated its opposition in public.
The Japanese government believes that dumping Fukushima wastewater into the sea is the cheapest and most convenient solution, but neighboring countries and even the whole world will be at risk of nuclear pollution.
The Pacific Ocean doesn’t belong to Japan and the wastewater flow along oceanic currents will surely break boundaries and endanger public welfare and the interests of neighboring countries and even the international community.
The Korea Economic Daily reported that related research concluded that if contaminated water from Fukushima is released into the ocean, it would only take seven months for the contaminated water to reach the shores of Jeju Island, with the country's aquaculture and tourism suffering considerable losses.
According to the calculation of a German marine scientific research institute, radioactive materials will spread to most of the Pacific Ocean within half a year from the date of discharge, and the U.S. and Canada will be affected by nuclear pollution. People in the Pacific region also oppose the discharge plan.
As a participant of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, Japan has the obligation of protecting the marine environment.
However, it hasn’t offered a full and convincing explanation on issues like the legitimacy of the discharge plan, the reliability of data on the nuclear-contaminated water, the efficacy of the treatment system or the uncertainty of environmental impact.
Though the IAEA has yet to complete a comprehensive review after three investigations in Japan, the Japanese side has been pushing through the approval process for its discharge plan and even started building facilities for the discharge. It is rather irresponsible for Japan to act against public opinion at home and concerns abroad.
The Pacific Ocean is not a private Japanese sewer. The country must seriously heed the voices of the international community and make a reasonable plan for the Fukushima wastewater disposal after full consultation with stakeholders and international agencies.
If it only seeks instant interest and insists on discharging the contaminated water into the sea, not only itself, but also its neighboring countries and the entire world will pay for the decision and several generations will be forced to bear the consequence.
雨后寻茶“猫空”****** 中新社记者 邢利宇 陈立宇 朋友说饭后去喝茶。想到都市中茶艺馆的样子，对此提议只是礼貌应和而不以为意。谁想几分钟后，车子已随蜿蜒的山道上行，四周青山不高却也是重峦迭嶂，满眼的绿树雨后更显得苍翠欲滴。车窗外，邀月、清风、圆正、龙芽……一个个茶馆的招牌一晃而过。去哪喝茶？此情此景令人不由得对品茗处生出期待。 不知庐山真面目，只缘身在此山中。原来，这里就是“木栅猫空观光茶园”，常来喝茶买茶的人直称其为“猫空”。它位于台北市文山区指南里的山坡上，是宝岛台湾铁观音和包种茶的专业区，茶树栽植面积共约100公顷，年产6万公斤，共聚集有90多户观光茶园示范农户。虽然从市中心向南车行到这里只需三四十分钟，但已是别样的山间景致。 从停车的道边拾阶而下，走过一段弯弯曲曲的石板路，再经一段湿润的泥土小道，一个依山势而建的小庭院便出现在眼前。建在院中最高处木屋里，放着焙制茶的机器，依山势而下，是四座大小不一的茶亭，再往下有穿插在小路边的露天茶座。 “寒暄红尘由他去，舍间香茗与君来”，握不盈掬的白瓷茶碗上，两行纤巧的墨书道出了这座山间茶馆的名字——“寒舍”。年过四十却实实在在显得很年轻的老板张福钦介绍说，“猫空”原只是茶区东侧的一处小溪谷，由于地质松软，在河流长年冲击下，河床被卵石击出坑坑洼洞，闽南语称之音似为“猫空”，叫的人多了，竟成为整片观光茶园的代名词。 已经经营这个茶馆十几年了，张福钦仍不愿意说自己是茶商，只说自己是这里的茶农而已。因为家就在这里，祖辈都在这里种茶，制茶，直到上世纪80年代以后，城里人发现并掀起山间品茶之风后，他才在自己家里建起了茶馆。在周边正常营业的60多个茶馆的“创建史”上，“寒舍”排名第六。 “其实泡茶的利润高一些，节假日，往往有人携家带眷到这里泡茶喝。但买茶的一般都是回头客。”据张福钦介绍，“虽然卖茶利润低，但还是愿意，因为可以交朋友”。无论谁来买茶，张福钦都会热情地请他喝茶聊天，而不是急于卖货求利。有朋自远方来，不亦乐乎？这也许就是他所说茶农与茶商的重要区别。“可是，因为有竞争关系，村里人的关系淡了很多了。”张福钦无奈地讲。 “寒舍”经营的茶品有铁观音、比赛茶、翠玉茶、金萱茶、高山茶、乌龙茶、陈年老茶等十几种，其中大部分是自己种植而且由张老板以祖传手艺焙制而成。泡茶的水，则是这山里的甘泉。“金萱是改良品种，有一种奶香，但味易散，乌龙则本质传统，味不易散所以耐泡。”谈起茶品，张福钦确实是行家里手。 随着城市的发展，越来越多的上班族喜欢在周末来山间小歇，有的全家野游，有的则带书来安静地品茗阅读。逢年过节，狭小的山道也会塞车。但山里的茶馆就是以这自然的幽静超越了都市茶馆矫作的清雅而蓬勃地生存着。 虽然在多次的农会茶品比赛中得奖，而且经营收益不错，座中放着一本“清净心经”的张福钦似乎并不在意名利。“我们在这里长大，是很爱这个地方的。人来的多了，环境遭到破坏，我们会觉得很可惜，可是个人也没什么办法。” “空山新雨后，天气晚来秋。明月松间照，清泉石上流。”与张福钦想法相同，对于这里的青山绿水，我们这些偶尔闯来的过客也在为它长久的美丽而在心中暗暗祈愿。 (中新社台北2005年1月21日电) 天下彩票地图 |
