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China bans seafood from Japan as Fukushima nuclear plant releases treated wastewater into ocean

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Fukushima nuclear plant starts releasing treated wastewater into sea

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  • This is the best summary I could come up with:

    The tsunami-wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant‘s operator says it began releasing its first batch of treated radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean on Thursday – a controversial step that prompted China to ban seafood from Japan.

    In a live video from a control room at the plant, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings showed a staff member turn on a seawater pump with a click of a mouse, marking the start of the controversial project that is expected to last for decades.

    TEPCO later confirmed that the seawater pump was activated at 1:03 pm local time, three minutes after the final step began.

    Authorities said they will “dynamically adjust relevant regulatory measures as appropriate to prevent the risks of nuclear-contaminated water discharge to the health and food safety of our country.”

    But the Japanese government and TEPCO say the water must be released to make room for the plant’s decommissioning and to prevent accidental leaks.

    The United Nations agency also said it would launch a webpage to provide live data about the discharge, and repeated its assurance that the IAEA would have an on-site presence for the duration of the release.

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