No ban on Japanese seafood expected: FDAFDA WATCHING: Prior to the releasing of water with tritium, a four-year inspection plan was initiated and the agency would keep monitoring the situation, an official said The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) yesterday said it would not ban Japanese seafood and aquatic products, but would continue to monitor the situation, as Japan is to start releasing treated radioactive water from the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant today. An estimated 1.34 million tonnes of water used for cooling the highly radioactive reactor cores are stored in tanks since a 2011 tsunami crippled the power plant, and Japan plans to release the filtered and diluted water in next 30 years. The International Atomic Energy Agency, the UN nuclear agency, approved the plan last month and said that the water hasBy Lee I-chia

Source: Taipei Times August 28, 2023 18:36 UTC