<figure id="attachment_329086" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-329086" style="width: 5000px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="25ab87bd"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2023/08/8fb7cab73994fddefe04efc73e0280b1.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-329086" class="wp-caption-text">Chinese people tear down the Japanese flag in protest against the release of treated water (PHOTO: AP/Afro)</figcaption></figure>
 Japanese devils!
 Baka!
 Kaku, meiwaku!
 Restaurants and other establishments in Fukushima Prefecture have been inundated with protest calls beginning with the Chinese country code &#8220;86. More than 6,000 calls were also made to TEPCO stores, reportedly in opposition to the discharge of treated water into the ocean, which began at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on August 24.
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 On social networking sites in China, there were also numerous posts criticizing the Japanese government and TEPCO&#8217;s response, such as &#8220;Japanese people should drink up the contaminated water&#8221; and &#8220;Are you going to pollute the ocean, the treasure of mankind? On the other hand, the U.S.-based &#8220;Radio Free Asia&#8221; reported that a post by an expert saying that &#8220;the discharge of treated water is safe &#8221; was quickly deleted.
 China&#8217;s protests are not limited to protest phone calls and Internet postings. Stones were thrown at a Japanese school in Qingdao, Shandong Province in the east, and eggs were thrown at a Japanese school in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, also in the east. The Japanese government is urging caution, but the bashing does not seem to be stopping. The Chinese government is stepping up its opposition by suspending all imports of marine products from Japan,&#8221; said a reporter stationed in Beijing for a national newspaper.
<h2> One-seventh of the drinking water standard</h2>
 The release of treated water was carried out with the cooperation of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). According to the Japanese government and TEPCO, the treated water in tanks on the plant site is at a safe level.
 The contaminated water is the water that was continuously poured over the nuclear fuel in the reactor buildings that caused the accident. The treated water is the water that has been continuously poured over the nuclear fuel in the reactor buildings that caused the accident.
 Currently, the amount of such water is about 1.34 million tons, which is equivalent to about 1,000 tanks. However, the radioactive material tritium cannot be removed due to the removal performance of the equipment and other factors. Therefore, the decision was made based on the idea of diluting the treated water with seawater and discharging it into the ocean,&#8221; said a reporter from the economic department of a national newspaper.
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 According to the government, the amount of tritium contained in the annual disposal volume should be less than 22 trillion becquerels, the same as the target level before the accident. If this can be achieved, the concentration will be reduced to one-seventh of the World Health Organization&#8217;s drinking water standard. But many in China are not convinced.
 Japan is not the only country discharging treated water into the ocean. China, which continues to protest, is also doing so. Moreover, the tritium concentration in the discharged water is much higher than in Japan.
 According to data from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and other sources, the annual level of contamination at China&#8217;s nuclear power plants is as follows. While simple comparisons cannot be made, it is clear that the figures are much higher than those of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.
 Taishan 3rd nuclear power plant: 143 trillion becquerels (6.5 times that of Japan, in 2008)
 Yangtze River Nuclear Power Plant: 112 trillion becquerels (more than 5 times the Japanese level in 2009)
 Hongyue Nuclear Power Plant: 90 trillion becquerels (more than 4 times the level of Japan in 2009). &#8230;&#8230;etc.
 Are those who are increasingly critical of Japan aware or unaware of these realities? Before worrying about the contamination of Japanese marine products, perhaps they should be concerned about domestic issues as well.

 AP/Afro

 China is protesting the release of treated water from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the ocean. Indiscriminate, furious protest calls to Japan & harassment of Japanese schools. ...... Meanwhile, China's nuclear power plants are also discharging water into the ocean. The level of contamination is several times higher than in Japan.

[Claire] You idiot! &#8230;Protests and harassment over the release of treated water from Fukushima&#8230; &#8220;China&#8217;s nuclear power plants&#8221; are six times more contaminated than Japan&#8217;s.

[Claire] You idiot! …Protests and harassment over the release of treated water from Fukushima… “China’s nuclear power plants” are six times more contaminated than Japan’s.

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