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A seagull eats a fish thrown away by fishermen after it was damaged with a net and couldn't be sold, at Tsurishihama fishing port in Shinchimachi, about 55 km away from the disabled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, March 1, 2023. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo
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Japan, China experts discuss Fukushima water release

Japan and China have been at loggerheads over the discharge of the wastewater, which was used to cool the reactors after the 2011 meltdown

FILE PHOTO: A view of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant after it started releasing treated radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean, seen from the nearby Ukedo fishing port in Namie town, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, Aug. 25, 2023. REUTERS/Tom Bateman/File Photo
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Japan plans to release 54.6 tons of water from Fukushima in 2024

FILE PHOTO: An aerial view shows the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, which started releasing treated radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean, in Okuma town, Fukushima prefecture, Japan August 24, 2023, in this photo taken by Kyodo. Kyodo/via REUTERS/File Photo/File Photo
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Radioactivity detected in Fukushima worker's nose

Toshiharu Onoda, 59, of the 13th generation to take on the family pottery business, looks at his studio damaged by the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami, in Namie town, near the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan March 8, 2021. Picture taken March 8, 2021. REUTERS/Elaine Lies
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UN inspectors test Fukushima fish

Fish and shrimp are seen at a seafood market in Shanghai, China August 25, 2023. REUTERS/Aly Song
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Japan to WTO: China's Fukushima-related seafood ban 'totally unacceptable'

Fish and shrimp are seen at a seafood market in Shanghai, China August 25, 2023. REUTERS/Aly Song
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Fukushima: Japan PM pledges to help fishing industry after China seafood ban

A person walks past a blue pipeline to transport seawater, part of the facility for releasing treated radioactive water to sea from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, operated by Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, also known as TEPCO, during a treated water dilution and discharge facility tour for foreign media, in Futaba town, northeastern Japan, Sunday, Aug. 27, 2023. Eugene Hoshiko/Pool via REUTERS
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Japan says seawater radioactivity below limits near Fukushima

FILE PHOTO: A view of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant after it started releasing treated radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean, seen from the nearby Ukedo fishing port in Namie town, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, Aug. 25, 2023. REUTERS/Tom Bateman/File Photo
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Japan says harassment calls from China regarding Fukushima water release extremely regrettable

Fishermen work at Matsukawaura fishing port in Soma, Fukushima prefecture, Japan August 24, 2023, in this photo taken by Kyodo. Kyodo/via REUTERS
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Japan says no radioactivity found in Fukushima fish

A view of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant after it started releasing treated radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean, seen from the nearby Ukedo fishing port in Namie town, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan August 25, 2023. REUTERS/Tom Bateman Acquire Licensing Rights
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In China, Fukushima discharge met with bans, panic buying and wariness

An aerial view shows the storage tanks for treated water at the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma town, Fukushima prefecture, Japan on 22 August 2023, in this photo taken by Kyodo. Photo: Kyodo via Reuters
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'Talk quietly': Japan tells citizens in China to lie low after Fukushima release

An aerial view shows the storage tanks for treated water at the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma town, Fukushima prefecture, Japan February 13, 2021, in this photo taken by Kyodo. Kyodo/via REUTERS
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UN atomic watchdog says tritium concentration of discharged Fukushima water 'far below' operational limit

Ventilation stacks and cranes at the disabled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant are seen from a beach in Namie, about 7 km away from the power plant, in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, February 28, 2023. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo
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Reaction to Japan's release of water from Fukushima nuclear plant