China To Ban Japanese Seafood Over Fukushima Water Release Plan
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China has not said what action it will take if the release goes head but it has warned Japan that it must "bear all the consequences" of its action.
Authorities in China have vowed to take "all necessary actions", including extending a ban on seafood from 10 prefectures of Japan, including Fukushima and capital Tokyo, after Tokyo begins releasing treated radioactive water from nuclear plant into the sea, according to South China Morning post (SCMP). The United Nations nuclear watchdog this week gave Japan the greenlight to begin discharging more than a million metric tons of water, enough to fill 500 Olympic swimming pools, used to cool the plant's fuel rods after it was wrecked by a 2011 tsunami.
There are concerns on residual nuclear contamination in China.
Quoting the General Administration of Customs, SCMP said that the plan to discharge the water from the 2011 nuclear disaster "failed to fully reflect expert opinions" and that it will take "all necessary measures" to ensure the safety of Chinese consumers.