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 best way for a lifting of Beijing’s ban on Japanese seafood imports, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida stated Friday.
Kishida made the announcement after a telephone name with Worldwide Atomic Vitality Company (IAEA) Director Common 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 language facet has begun adjusting measures to renew imports of Japanese seafood merchandise that meet its normal,” Kishida advised reporters.