China urges Japan to stop nuclear wastewater discharge plan as IAEA presents the final review

The International Atomic Energy Agency, or IAEA, has offered a final endorsement of Japan’s plan to release treated nuclear wastewater from its crippled Fukushima Daiichi power plant into the Pacific Ocean. On Tuesday, IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi presented the final review to Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who will make the final call on how soon the controversial discharge will begin. As part of his four-day Japan visit, Grossi will open a new IAEA office at the Fukushima nuclear power plant site on Wednesday. Critics of the plan, including those in China, South Korea, and Pacific Island nations, raise the lack of full data sets for a proper evaluation to be made on safety. Wu Jianghao, Chinese Ambassador to Japan, urged Japan to handle the nuclear-contaminated water in a "science-based, safe and transparent" manner at the conference held in Tokyo. In 2011, the cores of three reactors of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan melted down following a major earthquake and tsunami. As of March 2021, 1.25 million tons of nuclear-contaminated water had been accumulated in the plant, including water to cool the reactor, groundwater and rainwater, and the amount of water is still increasing. The Japanese government decided in April 2021 to filter and dilute the nuclear contaminated water from the Fukushima plant and discharge it into the sea from 2023. This process is expected to last 20 to 30 years, until the nuclear power plant is scrapped. __________________ ShanghaiEye focuses on producing top-quality contents. Nobody knows SHANGHAI better than us. Please subscribe to us ☻☻☻ __________________ For more stories, please click ■ What's up today in Shanghai, the most updated news of the city    • Playlist   ■ Amazing Shanghai, exploring the unknown corners of the city, learning the people, food and stories behind them    • Amazing Shanghai and China 淘宝魔都玩转中国   ■ What Chinese people's lives are like during the post COVID-19 period    • COVID-19 新冠疫情   ■ Views of foreign scholars on China and its affairs    • Voices, Let's Listen! 听她他说   ■ Foreign faces in Shanghai, people living in this city sharing their true feelings    • Playlist   ■ Mini-docs showing why China is the country it is today    • Stories & Documentary 奇闻逸事记录中国   __________________ ☎Leave us messages if you have any suggestions or questions! Thank you!