Tokyo will be releasing the water from the nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean today.
TOKYO: Japan will start releasing treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, a plan that has drawn heavy criticism from China and seafood import bans.Japan has maintained that the water release is safe. The International Atomic Energy Agency , the UN nuclear watchdog, also greenlighted the plan in July saying it met international standards and the impact it would have on people and the environment was “negligible.
Foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin has called the move “extremely selfish”. He said China was deeply concerned about the decision and had lodged a formal complaint. Hong Kong chief executive John Lee called the discharge “irresponsible” and said the city would impose import controls covering live, frozen, refrigerated, dried seafood, as well as sea salt and seaweed.
“Being told something is scientifically safe and feeling reassured are two different things… Proof that the water release is scientifically safe may not remove reputational damage,” he said.
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