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Despite facing criticism and calls to not carry out their plans, Japan has begun to release toxic, radioactive nuclear waste from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the open seas, prompting embargos from neighboring China.
The WinePress reported on Japan’s decision to go through with the operation in December.
Today The Japan Times reported the ‘Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (Tepco), the plant’s operator, started releasing the water at 1:03 p.m. after weather and sea conditions were judged favorable. No anomalies were reported in the initial release.’
We would like to proceed with a great sense of urgency.
Junichi Matsumoto, the Tepco corporate officer in charge of the chemical release
Some Japanese residents have been protesting the move for some time and were reignited recently on the news of the beginning of the dumps…
