Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries attends the Conference of the Parties to the London Protocol… Emphasis on safety management of contaminated water from nuclear power plants

The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries announced on the 12th that a government delegation attended the 48th London Convention and 21st London Protocol Conference of the Parties held in London, England, where the International Maritime Organization (IMO) is located, from the 5th to the 9th.

The London Convention and the London Protocol are international conventions to prevent marine pollution caused by marine dumping of waste, etc., and Korea joined the London Convention in 1993 and the London Protocol in 2009, respectively.

The Conference of the Parties, held every year, examines the status of each country's implementation of the agreement and discusses response measures to current issues related to marine environment protection.

In discussions on radioactive waste management issues, the government delegation emphasized the importance of safe management of contaminated water from nuclear power plants and provision of continuous and transparent information.

At last year's Conference of the Parties, the government also emphasized its obligation to protect the marine environment in relation to the ocean discharge of contaminated water from Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant.

At this Conference of the Parties, the delegation also introduced the achievements of the 'London Protocol Management Engineering Master's Program', which has been operated by the Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST) since 2018, and promoted efforts to strengthen the capacity of developing countries to implement the London Protocol.