Japan confirms experts met in China to ease concerns over discharge of treated radioactive water

TOKYO — Japan said Sunday its experts have held talks with their Chinese counterparts to try to assuage Beijing’s concerns over the discharge of treated radioactive wastewater from the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the sea. The discharges have been opposed by fishing groups and neighboring countries especially China, which banned all imports … Read more

In Japan’s neighbors, concern and frustration are shared over radioactive water launch

SEOUL, South Korea — Seoul workplace employee Kim Mijeong says she intends to cease consuming seafood as a result of she deeply mistrusts the protection of Japan’s launch of handled radioactive wastewater into the ocean from its crippled nuclear energy plant. “We should always completely reduce on our consumption of seafood. Really, we will not … Read more

The Fukushima nuclear plant begins releasing radioactive wastewater into the ocean

OKUMA, Japan — The operator of the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear energy plant says it has begun releasing its first batch of handled radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean. In a stay video from a management room on the plant Thursday, Tokyo Electrical Energy Firm Holdings confirmed a workers member activate a seawater pump, marking … Read more