China on Thursday suspended imports of Japanese-origin aquatic products to “prevent the risk of radioactive contamination” after the Fukushima nuclear power plant began discharging treated sewage into the sea.
The measure was taken “to prevent the risk of radioactive contamination of Japanese aquatic products due to the discharge of contaminated water from the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific,” the General Administration of Customs of China said in a statement.
The suspension applies to all products of aquatic origin, including fish, shellfish, molluscs, crustaceans and algae.
The operator of Fukushima Daiichi, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (TEPCO), today announced the start of the release of treated and diluted radioactive wastewater from the nuclear power plant into the ocean.
TEPCO had warned that the Fukushima Daiichi plant could run out of space to store around 1.33 million tons of water, from rain, groundwater or injections needed to cool the cores of nuclear reactors, at the beginning of 2024.
Source: TSF
