Japan has expressed its stance on the reactions of some neighboring countries and regions regarding the discharge activities at the Fukushima plant.
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| Japanese companies have faced harassment calls in China following the decision to dump waste at the Fukushima plant. (Source: EPE-EPA) |
On August 28, Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Okano Masataka summoned the Chinese Ambassador over multiple cases of harassing phone calls from China related to the discharge of treated radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant. The statement said the calls were made to Japanese facilities in China, and called on Beijing to promptly take appropriate action and ensure the safety of Japanese citizens.
On the same day, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno also expressed regret over the calls. Earlier, Tokyo called on Beijing to “ensure the safety of Japanese residents in China”, following a wave of phone harassment targeting businesses in Japan after the cherry blossom country decided to release wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear power plant.
Japan insists the treated wastewater discharge is safe and on August 27 released new data proving that the waters off Fukushima continue to maintain radiation levels within acceptable limits. However, the Chinese government firmly objected and banned all seafood imports from Japan, claiming the discharge was polluting the ocean.
In related news, Russian scholar Valentin Sergiyenko told reporters that Japan will not allow a scientific ship of the Russian Academy of Sciences to study the discharge process from the Fukushima plant.
“We have been carrying out these (research) activities immediately after the accident, including exploration activities, but the Japanese have restricted access to their economic zone. They will not let our ships in or conduct research. That is why we can only work at a distance of 150-300 km from Fukushima, we only see traces,” he stressed.
According to this scholar, it is important to know how diluted the wastewater is. If it is discharged all at once, the local radiation level can exceed many times.
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