Japan: China joins nuclear plant's water sample analysis

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The Japanese government announced Friday that the u-n International Atomic Energy Agency collected samples of treated radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant, with the participation of china for the first time.

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00:00The Japanese government announced Friday that the United Nations International Atomic Energy

00:04Agency collected samples of treated radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant

00:11with the participation of China for the first time. According to Tokyo authorities,

00:15the move is part of the efforts to facilitate China's resumption of Japanese seafood imports.

00:21South Korean, Swiss and French analysts also joined the United Nations' nuclear watchdog's

00:26taking of liquid samples from a tank at the site where treated water is stored before dilution with

00:33seawater. The nuclear plant began releasing radioactive water into the sea in 2023,

00:39which generated a series of negative reactions from several countries in the region.

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