Author(s)

Yuwei Chen ¹, Rui Wang ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ School of Law, Shenyang University of Technology, Shenyang, Liaoning, China

Corresponding Author

Rui Wang

ABSTRACT

In 2023, the Japanese government decided to discharge the nuclear sewage into the sea after treatment. Because the nuclear sewage may have a certain degree of impact on the marine environment, after the Japanese government made this decision, many countries and international organizations in the international community are paying close attention to the incident. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the possible harm to the ocean caused by the discharge of nuclear sewage into the sea in Japan, and to propose some feasible solutions to this harm. This paper investigates through the literature research method, specifically enumerates the circumstances in which the discharge of nuclear sewage into the sea may violate international customs and international conventions, and also expounds the legal responsibility of the Japanese government in the case of nuclear sewage discharge from the perspective of traditional state responsibility and transboundary damage liability. Based on an analysis of the violation of international customs and conventions, it is concluded that the Japanese government's discharge of nuclear sewage into the sea does not fully comply with international customs and a series of international conventions, such as the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and the Convention on Nuclear Safety, and the Japanese government should be held responsible. The discharge of nuclear sewage into the sea is also a very important issue for the global environment. The international community should strengthen cooperation, give top priority to environmental protection, and safeguard the overall interests of all countries in the world.

KEYWORDS

Nuclear sewage, international responsibility, cross border liability for damages, traditional state responsibility, international legal regulation

CITE THIS PAPER

Yuwei Chen, Rui Wang, Study on the Legal Liability for Nuclear Discharge in Japan. Science of Law Journal (2024) Vol. 3: 154-161. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/DOI: 10.23977/law.2024.030523.

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