The release of the wastewater has unsettled other countries in the region. Read more at straitstimes.com.
plant into the Pacific Ocean, a move that has set off a salt-buying frenzy among anxious consumers in China.
The decision was taken to “comprehensively prevent the food safety risks of radioactive contamination caused by the discharge of nuclear wastewater from Fukushima into the sea”, the General Administration of Customs said. Several brands of salt were sold out on online food delivery sites in the coastal province of Fujian as well as in parts of Beijing and the commercial capital of Shanghai after Japan began discharging the treated water water, according to media reports and Reuters tests.
Japanese fishing groups, hit with years of reputational damage from radiation fears after the plant was destroyed by a tsunami, have long opposed the plan. They fear it will lead to a loss of sales, including from export restrictions to major markets. Tepco expects the process of releasing the wastewater – currently totally more than 1.3 million tonnes – to take about 30 years.
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