A team of experts from the U.N. nuclear agency inspected the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant Wednesday for a review of its ongoing discharge of treated radioactive wastewater into the Pacific. A temporary blackout at the plant due to a mishap
The head of the U.N. atomic agency, Rafael Grossi, has reassured Japanese representatives in Fukushima that the discharge of treated radioactive wastewater at the ruined nuclear power plant meets safety standards. Grossi visited Fukushima for the first time since the discharge began
The head of the United Nations’ atomic agency is in Japan to examine discharges of treated radioactive wastewater from the ruined Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, and to discuss further cooperation with Japan to promote peaceful use of nuclear energy and non-proliferation.
Nearly two months ago, Japan began releasing treated radioactive wastewater into the ocean from the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. China immediately banned all of Japan’s seafood in response to the Fukushima wastewater release. Russia is also planning to implement a ban
The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has begun discharging its second round of treated radioactive wastewater into the Pacific Ocean. Japan plans to discharge 7,800 tons of the wastewater over the next 17 days. The wrecked nuclear plant, which contains 1.34 million
On Aug. 24, Japan began releasing treated radioactive wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi plant as part of a decommissioning process following a 2011 earthquake and tsunami that wrecked the nuclear facility. Discharging the Japanese facility, which is expected to continue for decades,
U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel ate seafood to support the local fishing industry of Fukushima as China and South Korea continue to protest the treated nuclear wastewater discharge, which Emanuel argued was little more than economic coercion. “If any one of
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and three of his cabinet ministers ate seafood sourced from the waters off the coast of Fukushima, where the country released treated radioactive wastewater from its power plants, in hopes of dismissing concerns about the quality and
Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has begun releasing its treated radioactive wastewater into the Pacific Ocean following a devastating tsunami that caused a nuclear meltdown in 2011. While releasing the Fukushima wastewater was seen as a milestone for decommissioning the nuclear
Japan is releasing Fukushima’s treated radioactive wastewater today following a tsunami that wrecked the nuclear plant in 2011. Some residents in Japan’s neighboring countries, south as South Korea and Hong Kong, have decided to stop eating seafood over fears of contamination. China,