Japan releases wastewater into Pacific Ocean

By Bernadette E. Tamayo

Aug 25, 2023 12:25 am

JAPAN began releasing wastewater from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, prompting a furious China to ban all seafood imports from its neighbor.

The start 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, 12 years after one of the world's worst nuclear accidents.

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