Japan began releasing treated wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, a controversial move that has sparked fierce international backlash, including from China, which responded by promptly issuing a blanket ban on all fish and aquatic products from…
Japan began releasing treated wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, a controversial move that has sparked fierce international backlash, including from China, which responded by promptly issuing a blanket ban on all fish and aquatic products from Japan.
It comes two years after the Japanese government approved plans in 2021 to begin gradually releasing the treated wastewater into the Pacific Ocean following the removal of most radioactive elements, barring tritium. The U.N.’s nuclear watchdog signed off on the plan last month, which involves roughly 1 million tons of diluted water released into the Pacific over the next 30 years.
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