Fukushima fishermen fear backlash from consumers as nuclear plant operator prepares wastewater release
Beijing had already suspended all food imports from 10 out of 47 Japanese prefectures in July, with Hong Kong following suit.In 2011, three reactors at the Fukushima-Daiichi facility in northeastern Japan went into meltdown following a massive earthquake and tsunami that killed around 18,000 people. The beginning of the discharge of around 540 Olympic swimming pools' worth of water over several decades is a big step in decommissioning the still highly dangerous site.But China's foreign ministry said Thursday that"the ocean is the common property of all humanity, and forcibly starting the discharge of Fukushima's nuclear wastewater into the ocean ... ignores international public interests".
Tokyo also"did not prove the authenticity and accuracy of the nuclear wastewater data, did not prove that ocean discharge is harmless to the marine environment and human health".
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