24 Aug 2023

Pac leaders divided over Japan's release of wastewater

From , 6:02 am on 24 August 2023
IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi delivers report on Japan's ALPS-treated wastewater plans to the Pacific Islands Forum chair, Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown in Rarotonga.

IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi delivers report on Japan's ALPS-treated wastewater plans to the Pacific Islands Forum chair, Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown in Rarotonga. Photo: Supplied/ IAEA

Pacific leaders are still disunited over Japan's release of over one-million-tonnes of treated nuclear wastewater into the Pacific.

That's meant to start this morning.

A Japanese government spokesperson says it is 'not willfully trying to divide the Pacific'. 

However, the Pacific Islands Forum Chair says diverging views remain and is set to be a "matter of priority" for discussion at the upcoming forum summit.

RNZ Pacific's Lydia Lewis has the story.