A team of scientists from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) arrived in Fukushima on Monday as part of an annual monitoring and sampling mission. to ensure the safety (i.e. that it does not harm health) of treated radioactive wastewater that is discharged into the seathe authorities reported.
Japan began discharging wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in August 2023. The plant was damaged in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, which caused meltdowns in its three reactors and the accumulation of large quantities of radioactive water.
China protested and blocked imports of Japanese seafood, which has affected Japan’s seafood exporters.
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The IAEA team will take samples from the plant, coastal waters and a fish market in the nearby city of Iwaki. He will also visit a national laboratory near Tokyo and meet with Japanese officials.
At the end of September, Japan and China announced an agreement to ease the ban on Japanese fishing and will include Beijing in monitoring wastewater discharges within the IAEA framework.
The IAEA mission, which included experts from China, It is not related to the agreement between China and Japan, officials noted.
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Japan claims that The discharge complies with international safety standards and is supervised by the IAEA. Japan has criticized China for its ban on seafood for considering it unscientific and calls for the immediate end of the measure.
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