The Fukushima nuclear power plant has been cleared to dump its radioactive wastewater into the Pacific Ocean.
Following the disaster caused by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, which resulted in a meltdown in three of the plant's reactors, the Japanese government pumped large amounts of water into the reactors in order to cool them. In 2021, the government announced its plans to release the water gradually into the Pacific Ocean after some treatment, a solution the International Atomic Energy Agency independently surveyed and cleared on Tuesday.
Despite assurances from the Japanese government and IAEA of the plan's safety, it has caused an uproar from nearby nations, which are not convinced. The Chinese Foreign Ministry claimed that the IAEA report was hastily done and incomplete and said Japan was turning the Pacific Ocean into its personal sewer.
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