29 Jun 2023

Lawyer urges Aust, NZ leaders to defy Japan over wastewater

From , 6:02 am on 29 June 2023
Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in Okuma town pictured on 7 April, 2021.

Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in Okuma town pictured on 7 April, 2021. Photo: Koji Ito / The Yomiuri Shimbun via AFP

Japan is on the cusp of dumping around 1.3 million-tonnes of radioactive wastewater into the Pacific Ocean over three to four decades in an effort to decommission the defunct Fukushima powerplant. 

This has prompted an international lawyer calling out Australia and New Zealand's leaders to 'do more' to stand up to Japan. 

Lydia Lewis has been covering the developments.