China’s Nuclear Plants Discharge 6.5 Times More Tritium Than Japan’s Release of Fukushima Treated Water

Tokyo and Beijing are in the middle of a major dispute: Over the planned release of treated water from Japan’s crippled nuclear power plant: Fukushima.

But a new report says China has been dumping its own nuclear wastewater into the ocean and it’s over six times more contaminated than Japan’s Fukushima.

A recent scandal in China’s Shanghai has residents wondering: is their tap water really safe?

 

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