Advertisement The operator of the devastated Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, TEPCO, has begun its second release of treated radioactive wastewater into the Pacific Ocean, despite seafood exports plummeting from Beijing’s retaliatory ban on Japanese marine products. China is a fierce critic of Japan’s discharge plan. It has maintained the release of contaminated water is … Read more
In this photo taken during the tour of the treated water dilution and discharge facility for foreign media, journalists are guided along with tanks containing treated radioactive wastewater, part of the facility for the releasing treated radioactive water to sea from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, operated by Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (TEPCO), … Read more
Advertisement On August 24, Japan began releasing treated but still radioactive wastewater from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean. China’s government strongly criticized the move, demanding that Japan immediately halt the discharge. “China firmly opposes and strongly condemns” the release, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on August 24 in a … Read more