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.
台湾青年小提琴手:在北京度过人生黄金十年****** 中新社北京12月19日电 题:台湾青年小提琴手:在北京度过人生黄金十年 中新社记者 邢利宇 从2013年初到北京至今近10年,国家大剧院管弦乐团第一小提琴手、台湾青年李佳颖说,这十年是自己人生的黄金时期。 李佳颖,出生于台湾新北市,4岁学钢琴,8岁误打误撞进入学校弦乐团,被分配拉小提琴。 资料图为李佳颖演奏小提琴。 中新社发 受访者 供图“我的梦想就是成为一名音乐家”,李佳颖回忆,自己从小对声音敏感,“都不太需要学习辨析音高什么的,自己能摸索出来。第一个学会的曲子不是乐谱本上的,而是自学了一个咖啡广告的配乐。” 中学毕业,李佳颖考入东吴大学音乐系、主攻小提琴,大学毕业后到德国弗赖堡音乐学院深造,取得小提琴演奏硕士学位。 资料图为李佳颖(左)与维也纳爱乐乐团小提琴首席Rainer Honeck一起演出后合影。 中新社发 受访者 供图“北京是我毕业后最想去的地方”,李佳颖说。当时距北京成功举办(夏季)奥运会过去了5年,他认为,经过如此重大国际运动赛事的举办,北京各方面一定更优秀,“我当时就想一定要来看一看。” 最初半年,李佳颖边在培训机构教学生拉琴,边熟悉京城的生活,也慕名去国家大剧院听音乐会,内心升腾起要到国家大剧院工作的想法。 念念不忘,必有回响。半年后,李佳颖盼到了国家大剧院管弦乐团面向社会招聘的信息。凭借扎实的演奏功底,他顺利考入乐团并进入小提琴第一声部。创建于2010年的国家大剧院管弦乐团,已演绎近70部国家大剧院版歌剧,成就了瓦格纳《罗恩格林》《纽伦堡的名歌手》、普契尼《西部女郎》等多部重磅经典的中国首演,并担纲印青《长征》、郭文景《骆驼祥子》等17部中国歌剧的世界首演。 资料图为在武汉巡演期间,国家大剧院管弦乐团为李佳颖庆祝生日。 中新社发 受访者 供图“我们乐团比较年轻,但在国内也是相当顶尖。乐团与世界其他国家和地区的主流剧院联系非常密切,运营方式先进,未来可期。”说起乐团,李佳颖言语中流露出归属感与自豪。 2014年,加入乐团不到一年的李佳颖随乐团到美国、加拿大巡演,之后还去过意大利、阿联酋等国家和地区,“我们每年都有世界巡演,国内巡演也有。”李佳颖说。回忆起到歌剧之乡意大利演出中国歌剧,他依然感觉“特别震撼,也特别有意义。” 对李佳颖来说,感受更深的是高强度演出对个人成长的促进。“我们一年要演100多场,包括歌剧和音乐会等,需要在很短的时间内掌握很多曲目。这是很大的挑战。” 歌剧是李佳颖在学生时代比较不喜欢的演出方式,接触也较少;因为工作关系,现在须经常演奏歌剧,而且一演就是三个小时起。“接触了很多歌剧后,我发现歌剧确实是古典音乐之精华。”李佳颖说,歌剧颠覆他以前的认知,演奏想法和方式也有很大改变,“是非常好的成长”。 工作之外,李佳颖会和同事朋友聚餐,也喜欢在京城四处探访。“北京进步太快,变化太大了,”李佳颖感慨,各种拔地而起的新建筑,以及共享单车、移动支付等各种便利的生活形态,“在北京就感觉哪哪都特别火热,充满活力。” 李佳颖也投入到两岸文化音乐交流等相关项目中,希望更多台湾年轻人来认识北京,了解大陆。他与几位在京台胞共同参与主办的“两岸文化交流音乐比赛”将于12月24日在台湾地区举行初赛,比赛优胜者预计明年2月可以到北京参观体验。 不久前李佳颖还拿到了国家大剧院的终身合同,“这是对我工作上的肯定和能力的认可”,他说,非常开心在北京和国家大剧院度过人生的黄金十年,未来人生的规划依然是留在乐团,继续精进。(完)
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