“The first discharges are in line with our expectations, but we will continue to monitor this until the last drop has been discharged,” said Grossi during a visit to Stockholm.
Earlier, the IAEA assured that the discharge of the cooling water is safe and will only have “negligible” consequences for the environment. However, the plan is still met with a lot of resistance, including from local fishermen who fear reputational damage and loss of income. But Beijing also opposes the decision and has suspended imports of Japanese seafood.
A few days ago, Japan warned that citizens are discouraged from speaking Japanese in public in China. This after government departments in Japan were inundated with countless angry phone calls from China and calls on social media to boycott Japanese products.