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August 25, 2023

China Bans Japanese Seafood After Release of Radioactive Wastewater from Fukushima
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China has banned imports of seafood from Japan after officials began
pumping treated radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean from the site
of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant. It's part of a plan to
release more than 1 million metric tons of wastewater over the next four
decades, drawing protests in Japan and across the region. Plant operator
TEPCO, the Tokyo Electric Power Company, says it has filtered more than
60 radionuclides from the wastewater, leaving behind only tritium. TEPCO
says levels of tritium being released are significantly lower than
amounts released by normally operating nuclear power plants around the
world, including those in China.


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