Browsing Aquatic News Index by Subject "radioactive wastes"

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    • Don't dump nuke waste in ocean, Japan told 

      Xinhua (The Manila Times, August 20, 2019, on page B5)
      South Korea on Monday urged Japan to explain a plan to dispose of the nuclear polluted water from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear power plant meltdown amid the growing worry here about Japan's possible discharge of contaminated ...

    • Experts: Dump Fukushima radioactive water into ocean 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 1, 2020, on page A7)
      Radioactive water from the stricken nuclear plant in Fukushima should be released into the ocean or vaporized into the air, an expert panel advised the Japanese government on Friday. The proposal is nonbinding and sets no ...

    • Japan seafood exporters get emergency relief 

      Associated Press (AP) (The Manila Times, September 6, 2023, on page B4)
      Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced on Monday a 20.7-billion yen ($141-million) emergency fund to help exporters hit by China's ban on Japanese seafood over the release of treated radioactive wastewater from ...

    • Safety of Fukushima waste water focus of sea release debate 

      Associated Press (AP) (SunStar Philippines, March 17, 2020, on page 9)
      Inside a giant decontamination facility at the destroyed Fukushima nuclear power plant, workers in hazmat suits monitor radioactive water pumped from three damaged reactors, making sure it’s adequately — though not completely ...

    • Sea pollution cut since 1972 UN accord, IMO says 

      (Malaya, October 30, 2012, on page A8)
      The use of the world's oceans as a dumping ground for harmful wastes has been systematically regulated and reduced under the terms of an international convention that was adopted 40 years ago, the UN agency that polices ...