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There is a response manual created by our Navy in case
Japan discharges contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant. The manual, obtained by SBS, provides a step-by-step plan on what to do when marine radioactive contamination becomes a reality.
This is an exclusive report by reporter Won Jong-jin.
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The issue of discharging contaminated water from
Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant is also a matter of debate in the National Assembly's National Defense.
This is because ships in operation need to desalinate seawater and use it for domestic use.
[Song Gap-seok/MDP National Defense Member: (Japan) is going to release it soon, and the Ministry of Defense may be preemptively concerned about whether this is really damaging or not.]
[Identity Ceremony/People's Power National Defense Agency: If you release it, it's "contaminated water", right? But it is said that it is "contaminated water". It may come back in 3-5 years. However, it is almost impossible to do something that is unlikely....]
This is the full text of the <Marine Radioactive Contamination Field Action Manual> prepared by the Navy Headquarters.
The most striking aspect of the 2021p manual, which was created in December 12 and revised four times, is that it prescribes procedures such as returning to the ship and reducing the operational sea area, assuming that a person is exposed due to marine radioactive contamination on the ship.
However, there are some areas that need additional improvement.
According to the manual, the Navy must deploy its own radioactive contamination meter on ships to measure radiation up to four times a day in four stages: attention, caution, vigilance and severity.
However, the Nuclear Safety Commission, which determines the risk level, currently conducts radiation risk assessments only twice a month, even in the Jeju South Sea area, where measurements are most frequent, so there is inevitably a lag in the determination and response.
[SULHOON/DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN: We need to raise the response to contaminated water to the Department of Defense level and take measures against contaminated marine water if it comes out. The Navy is in the most desperate situation.]
The risks should not be exaggerated, but even in the unlikely case, it is pointed out that the military and official verification system should be established so that the response to marine radioactive contamination can be carried out more quickly.
(Video Interview: Cho Chun-dong and Lee Chan-so, Video Editing: Park Ki-duk)
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Highlights: The issue of discharging contaminated water from Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant is also a matter of debate in the National Assembly's National Defense. The Navy must deploy its own radioactive contamination meter on ships to measure radiation up to four times a day in four stages: attention, caution, vigilance and severity. The Nuclear Safety Commission, which determines the risk level, currently conducts radiation risk assessments only twice a month, even in the Jeju South Sea area, so there is inevitably a lag in the determination and response.
In case Japan discharges contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant, there is a response manual created by our Navy. The manual, obtained by SBS, provides a step-by-step plan on what to do when marine radioactive contamination becomes a reality.
Source: sbskr