BUSAN, Jul. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – A South Korean appeals court has rejected a lawsuit filed by civic groups in Busan seeking to prevent the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) from releasing treated radioactive wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the ocean. The 5th Civil Division of the Busan High Court, presided over by Judge [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea on Wednesday lambasted Japan over the third phase of its treated wastewater discharge from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean. The third phase of the discharge kicked off last Thursday and is scheduled to continue through Nov. 20, according to Japanese media reports, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The oceans minister has reassured that South Korea’s seafood is safe to consume despite concerns about the discharge of contaminated water from Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power plant. “My conviction that our oceans and seafood are entirely safe remains unwavering,” Oceans Minister Cho Seung-hwan said during a meeting with reporters [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean government intends to allocate funding of 3 trillion won over the next six years to address Japan’s release of contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant. According to data from the National Assembly’s Budget Policy Office concerning the government’s response to the discharge of contaminated water [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – A dispute has arisen over a report commissioned by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA), which underscores the necessity of prolonged tracking of Fukushima wastewater. The report, titled “The Impact of Wastewater Containing Radioactive Material on Humans,” was revealed through the government policy research management system ‘PRISM’ on [...]
TOKYO, Oct. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Japan began the second phase of the discharge of treated wastewater from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, after the first phase was carried out within the established safety limits between Aug. 24 and Sept. 11. The second phase of the discharge kicked [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 10 percent of campgrounds in South Korea have breached wastewater processing regulations, data showed Tuesday. According to a report submitted by the Ministry of Environment to Rep. Lee Joo-hwan of the People Power Party, around 11.4 percent of the 4,831 campgrounds spread across the nation violated the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — An innovative membrane that can convert industrial wastewater into drinking water as well as produce electricity has been developed by South Korean scientists. Researchers from the Korea Institute of Science and Technology and Myongji University announced on Tuesday that they had developed a new membrane that can purify a [...]
JINJU, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean research team announced on Monday that it had developed new technology to produce low-cost biodiesel from wastewater using euglena, a type of algae. The new process, developed by a research team from Gyeongsang National University, injects euglena into wastewater to cultivate it at high density. If [...]
SEOUL, June 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. is applying advanced treatment methods to the water it uses throughout its entire production process as part of efforts to protect the environment, the company said. The electronics parts maker purifies the water used at its Suwon plant in three stages. It manages the contaminant density [...]