Beijing branded the long-awaited release of the treated water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant as selfish and irresponsible.
| Japan on Thursday started releasing treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean, a polarising move that drew fresh and fierce criticism from China as being “selfish and irresponsible”.and green-lighted by the UN nuclear watchdog last month, the discharge is a key step in a dauntingly long and difficult process of decommissioning the Fukushima Daiichi plant, including the removal of molten fuel.
Tokyo has in turn criticised China for spreading “scientifically unfounded claims”. It maintains the water release is safe, noting that the International Atomic Energy Agency has also concluded that the impact it would have on people and the environment was “negligible”., with Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown saying that while science supported Japan’s decision, the region may not agree on the “complex” issue.
Hong Kong and Macau – both Chinese-ruled regions – are set to implement a ban on Japanese seafood from regions including the capital Tokyo and Fukushima starting on Thursday.The water will be released in smaller portions initially and with extra checks. The first discharge totalling 7800 cubic metres – the equivalent of about three Olympic swimming pools of water – will take place over about 17 days.
Tepco expects the process of releasing the wastewater – currently totaling more than 1.3 million metric tonnes – to take about 30 years.
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