China bans imports of Japanese seafood following release of radioactive waste from Fukushima
Remember this from 13 August 2023?
Release of radioactive water from Fuk-U-shima since 2011 about to commence (substack.com)
“In all, the plan calls for the release of 1.3 million tons of water gradually over the next 30 to 40 years to be dumped into the Pacific Ocean, a volume that would fill 500 Olympic-size swimming pools.”
Well, as it happens, despite being on IAEA Task Force, China is not happy.
From here:
“China bans Japanese seafood over Fukushima nuclear waste water release
Beijing strongly condemns the discharge into the Pacific Ocean and says there is no data to show the action is safe
Plant operator Tepco says the water has been diluted and is not harmful”
Makes sense. One wonders how the Japanese themselves feel about the issue?
“China, Japan’s biggest seafood export market, has banned all Japanese aquatic products in response to the release of waste water from a nuclear plant wrecked by a tsunami 12 years ago.
China’s General Administration of Customs said on Thursday the immediate ban covered all aquatic products, including edible imports, to “prevent risks from Japan’s discharge of nuclear-contaminated waste water” into the Pacific Ocean.
It comes after Hong Kong, second only to mainland China for imports of Japanese seafood, announced a similar ban on seafood from 10 Japanese prefectures. Mainland China banned imports of food from 10 Japanese prefectures in July.”
Not sure about the last sentence being consistent with the previous sentence and the headline implying a ban after the Japanese discharge announcement a few weeks ago, but the outcome now is the same.
NBC covered the story here with a more sympathetic line.
“China has accused Japan of treating the ocean as a “sewer”, summoning the Japanese ambassador on Tuesday “to make solemn representations” against the long-expected move.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Thursday his government had demanded China “immediately eliminate” its import ban on seafood from Japan.”
NBC was more sympathetic to the Japanese move:
Factbox - Restrictions on Japanese food imports | Reuters
“Though the water is filtered and diluted to remove most radioactive elements, it still contains low levels of tritium, an isotope of hydrogen that is difficult to strip out.
Officials say that the levels of tritium will be well below what the World Health Organization considers safe and that nuclear plants around the world routinely release wastewater containing tritium, sometimes at higher levels. The IAEA said Thursday that its on-site analysis confirmed that the levels of tritium in the first batch of Fukushima water being discharged were “far below” the operational limit.”
Remove “most” radioactive elements? I guess Tritium is one of those not removed (out of how many?) but the experts at the IAEA think the levels are just fine.
From Wiki “The IAEA as an autonomous organization is not under the direct control of the UN, but the IAEA does report to both the UN General Assembly and Security Council. Unlike most other specialized international agencies, the IAEA does much of its work with the Security Council
Here is the IAEA monitoring report
IAEA Presents Monitoring Data from Japan on Treated Water Release from Fukushima Daiichi | IAEA
And here is the IAEA Director General’s statement
IAEA Director General Statement on Discharge of Fukushima Daiichi ALPS Treated Water | IAEA
“IAEA experts are there on the ground to serve as the eyes of the international community and ensure that the discharge is being carried out as planned consistent with IAEA safety standards,” said IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi.
“Through our presence, we contribute to generating the necessary confidence that the process is carried out in a safe and transparent way”.
At the time of the Fukushima disaster 12 years ago, a whole host of countries banned imports of Japanese milk and fresh food produce from the region close by.
Factbox - Restrictions on Japanese food imports | Reuters
I wonder how soon it will be in this “globalist” world before the United Nations or WHO declares a global or public health emergency, there is no direct link between the IAEA and UN, though it does report to the UN Security Council.
Onwards!
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To me this looks like WEF action to target the west coast of the united states. They've been holding onto this poison for more than a decade. Much like the East Palestine disaster targeted east coast populations, this WEF action depends on the motion of fluid to deliver poison over large distances. The water in the Pacific Ocean circulates. The same water they are poisoning today will be on the west coast soon. So, East Palestine, OH was not the target of the train disaster, but dioxin was delivered to the whole eastern sea board, and we have yet to realize the fallout from that act of war. Similarly, the radiation being released in Japan does does not stay in Japan, but will affect the west coast of the USA for years to come.
China has been treating the oceans like sewer of raw sewage since sewage was invented.