The government should immediately act on the report of the IAEA. Hesitation will only give room to misinformation and malicious rumors.
China's Qinshan No 3 Nuclear Power Plant in Zhejiang Province emits roughly 143 trillion Bq of tritium, some 6.5 times more than planned at Fukushima Daiichi.
The IAEA has given approval to Japan's Fukushima water release following a thorough scientific probe shared with the public in a report delivered on July 4.
In Japan, tritium comes 10 times more in rainfall than would be released at Fukushima Daiichi. China and South Korea release far more of it.
Many hope that the Fukushima treated water inspection team's work will lead to the lifting of South Korea's continuing import ban on Japanese marine products.
Releasing the treated water at Fukushima is safe, says the IAEA, and the tritium in it is only about one fifth of what China releases at...
It’s “unthinkable that the ocean discharge could impact people’s health and marine products,” so the Japanese government should crush the unfounded rumors.
Scientific findings should put an end to China and South Korea’s fear mongering about the supposed “danger” of treated water release from Japan.
“They often test the fish of the region. I think that now we trust that what is being sold in shops is safe,” said a local...
The scientific data contradicts the critics, as Japan shares facts and details of its Fukushima cleanup plans with foreign governments and international media.
Both the United States and the International Atomic Energy Agency have reacted positively to Japan’s plan for tritium release. China and South Korea, meanwhile, seem to...
Japan’s plan calls for bringing the concentration of tritium to less than 1/40th the national standard. Yet, China and South Korea, which both release high quantities,...