Chinese scientists join Fukushima water review

This photo released by Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (Tepco), shows the treated and diluted radioactive water flowing into a facility just before reaching the ocean near Fukushima nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima prefecture on Oct 5, 2023. - AP

TOKYO (AFP): Chinese scientists will this month take part in extensive sampling of Fukushima's coastal waters for the first time since the release of treated wastewater from its stricken nuclear plant began, Japanese officials said Wednesday (Oct 11).

Experts from China will join those from Canada, South Korea and the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in collecting samples of water, sediment and marine creatures from Oct 15 to 23.