TOKYO: Japan called on China to approach the release of radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant in a scientific manner at a meeting held between Japan's Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and Chinese top diplomat Wang Yi on Friday (Jul 14). China has criticised Japan's plan to release over
TOKYO: Japan called on China to approach the release of radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant in a scientific manner at a meeting held between Japan's Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and Chinese top diplomat Wang Yi on Friday .
Hayashi and Wang met on the sidelines of an Association of Southeast Asian Nations meeting in Indonesia, according to a statement released by the Japanese foreign ministry. The Japanese government says the water has been filtered to remove most radioactive elements except for tritium, an isotope of hydrogen that is difficult to separate from water. The treated water will be diluted to well below internationally approved levels of tritium before being released into the Pacific.
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