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Prime Minister Kishida visiting the Fukushima plant in August 2023; Kishida's government continued with the planned water discharge. On 22 August 2023, Japan announced that it would start releasing treated radioactive water from the tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean in 48 hours, despite opposition from its neighbours.
Elsewhere, China has barred seafood exports from several Japanese prefectures and Hong Kong has followed suit after Tokyo won approval from the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog last week for its plan to ...
Kimura said the lab's testing has shown Fukushima fish to be safe over the past few years, and she happily eats local fish. ... But now the treated wastewater release will bring new questions, she ...
Japan’s plan to release treated radioactive water into the ocean is safe and there is no better option to deal with the massive buildup of wastewater collected since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear ...
The head of the U.N. atomic agency observed firsthand the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant's ongoing radioactive wastewater discharges for the first time since the contentious program began ...
The Fukushima Daiichi plant began discharging the treated and diluted wastewater into the Pacific Ocean on Aug. 24. ... up at the Fukushima plant to monitor the release and share information, the ...
Japanese regulators began a final inspection Wednesday before treated radioactive wastewater is released from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean. The inspection began a day ...
The Fukushima nuclear accident was a major nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Ōkuma, Fukushima, Japan, which began on 11 March 2011. The proximate cause of the accident was the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami , which resulted in electrical grid failure and damaged nearly all of the power plant's backup energy ...