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China summons Japanese ambassador over Fukushima water plan
by AFP Staff Writers
Beijing (AFP) April 15, 2021

China on Thursday summoned Japan's ambassador over Tokyo's "wrong decision" to release more than one million tonnes of treated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the ocean.

Assistant foreign minister Wu Jianghao "lodged solemn representations" with ambassador Hideo Tarumi and accused Japan of "suspected violation of international law," the Chinese foreign ministry said in a statement.

The Japanese government insists the release from the stricken plant which has stored the large volume of water for years is safe because it has been processed to remove almost all radioactive elements and will be diluted.

But the process -- not likely to begin for several years -- has already prompted concern from neighbouring countries and anger from fishing communities.

China criticised Tokyo's decision as "extremely irresponsible" on Tuesday, complaining the plan would damage public health.

Wu on Thursday urged Japan to hold off from disposing of the waste water "before reaching a consensus with stakeholders and international organisations," calling the decision "not what a modern civilised country should do."

Around 1.25 million tonnes of water has accumulated in tanks at the nuclear plant, which was crippled after going into meltdown following a tsunami in 2011.

Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said that disposing of the water was an "inevitable task" in the decades-long process of decommissioning the nuclear plant.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has endorsed the release, which it says is similar to the disposal of waste water at nuclear plants elsewhere in the world.

Relations between Japan and China have stuttered in recent months as Tokyo is courted by Washington to box in the regional superpower in the Pacific.


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Japan to release treated Fukushima water into the sea
Tokyo (AFP) April 13, 2021
Japan will release more than a million tonnes of treated water from the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant into the ocean, the government said Tuesday, triggering a furious reaction from China and fierce opposition from local fishing communities. The process is not likely to begin for several years and could take decades to complete, but it has already stirred significant controversy. Within hours of Japan's announcement, China called the decision "extremely irresponsible". Japan's government ... read more

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