EGN NEWS DESK
Japan has agreed to a extra expansive long-term monitoring of handled water discharged from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear energy plant involving third-party inspectors, together with these from China, paving the way in which for a lifting of Beijing’s ban on Japanese seafood imports, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida stated Friday.
Kishida made the announcement after a cellphone name with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi, throughout which they agreed to contain third events together with China within the monitoring of the handled however tritium-containing water.
“The Japanese facet has communicated its readiness to conduct extra monitoring of ALPS-treated water, whereas the Chinese facet has begun adjusting measures to renew imports of Japanese seafood merchandise that meet its normal,” Kishida informed reporters.
