The plan was reviewed, and tested by, the UN and by the International Atomic Energy Agency and found to be very safe. Here'san article that briefly talks about it.

[–] hoshikarakitaridia@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And this is exactly what I suspected. So the comment from China wilfully ignored this, and the protests in South Korea probably did not take this into account.

I had a feeling this was just run of the mill procedure that's been propped up to appear unsafe by various interest groups.

[–] DogMuffins@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 1 year ago

China's reaction is purely political, not science.