Scientists say the release from the Fukushima plant is safe but it has sparked protests in Asia.
China has slammed Japan’s planned discharge of contaminated water from Fukushima as “extremely selfish and irresponsible”, even while Beijing is approving the construction of new reactors 10 at a time.
While these views seem to have considerable support among Chinese people, they also reveal the limited nature of public discourse in a country where the Communist Party controls all media and censors social media posts. There are no TV panel debates comparing Japan’s planned discharges with those of other countries which are also routinely releasing contaminated material into the sea.
There will be a significant acceleration in China's nuclear power use in the coming years, but the Chinese government’s characterisation of this week’s contaminated water discharge is that it is a uniquely Japanese act of “shifting nuclear contamination risks to the world”. There will no doubt be more strong language coming out of the Chinese capital, with the commencement of the discharge programme.
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