HONG KONG, Aug 23 — Hong Kong has set up a special government team to monitor and review an import ban on some Japanese seafood due to the country’s imminent release of treated...
HONG KONG, Aug 23 — Hong Kong has set up a special government team to monitor and review an import ban on some Japanese seafood due to the country’s imminent release of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea.
Though approved by the UN nuclear watchdog, Japan’s plan to dump the water has faced opposition at home and abroad, including from China, over worries about food safety. Tomorrow, Japan will begin releasing more than a million tons of water from the plant north of Tokyo, insisting it is safe to do so. The plant was wrecked in a 2011 tsunami and the water has mostly been used to cool damaged reactors.
The government said there was no timetable about how long the ban would last and that a decision would depend on data and information from the Japan after the discharge.The measure covers live, frozen, refrigerated and dried aquatic products, sea salt and seaweed.
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