Interview: IAEA report on Fukushima nuke wastewater discharge plan wrong, says nuclear scientist

by Ali Jaswal

ISLAMABAD, July 22 (Xinhua)—The International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) report on Japan’s planned dump of nuclear wastewater into the Pacific Ocean is wrong, a Pakistani nuclear scientist said.

Zafar Koreshi, dean of graduate studies at Air University Pakistan, made the remarks in an interview with Xinhua.

“I think it’s a very favorable treatment to Japan by the IAEA. It ignored the interest of the local people who are affected by this and the regional countries who are going to be affected by this,” Koreshi said.

So it’s legitimate for China, South Korea and other regional countries to demand a joint mechanism in order to get their concerns addressed, Koreshi said.