TOKYO: Plans to discharge treated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant cleared their last regulatory hurdle in Japan on Fridayc (Jul 7), as China said it would ban some food imports ov
meanwhile said Tokyo's plan to dilute the treated water and release it into the sea over several decades met or exceeded international standards.
Storage space is running out, but plans by Japan and plant operator TEPCO to release the water into the sea have run into local and regional opposition. Japan's government has said the water release would begin by the end of summer, and on Friday the country's Nuclear Regulation Authority said the equipment and facilities to discharge the water had passed their checks.
But neither those efforts nor the International Atomic Energy Agency's endorsement, have won over Beijing, which has accused Japan of treating the Pacific like a"sewer".from 10 Japanese prefectures over the release, and require stringent radiation tests on food from the rest of the country.
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