TOKYO: Japanese and Chinese experts held talks on treated wastewater from the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant, Japan's foreign ministry said late Saturday (Mar 30), the first such talks to be announced since Tokyo began releasing the water into the ocean last year.
This handout photo taken and released by Tokyo Electric Power Company on Oct 5, 2023 shows Advanced Liquid Processing System treated water diluted with seawater flowing from the upstream water tank to the downstream water tank at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant during its 2nd release in Okuma, Fukushima prefecture.
The announcement comes after Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in November and said science-based discussions would take place at the expert level. China has accused Tokyo of treating the sea as a"sewer", but Japan insists the discharge is safe, a view backed by the UN atomic agency.
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