The plan, approved two years ago by the Japanese government as crucial to decommissioning the plant operated by Tokyo Electric Power Company, faces criticism from China and local fishing groups
TOKYO, Japan – Japan said on Tuesday, August 22, it will start releasing more than 1 million metric tons of treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant on August 24, putting into motion a plan that has drawn strong criticism from China.
The announcement comes a day after the government said it had won “a degree of understanding” from the fishing industry over the release of the water, even as a fishing group said it still feared the reputational damage would ruin livelihoods. Japan has said that the water release is safe. The International Atomic Energy Agency , the UN nuclear watchdog, greenlighted the plan in July, saying that it met international standards and that the impact it would have on people and the environment was “negligible”.
Kishida said on Tuesday that he believed an “accurate understanding” of the matter was spreading in the international community.
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