Fukushima Wastewater Issue Will Further Divide A Nation, Split Families, And Cause ‘Atomic Divorce’

In a bid to dispel seafood worries around the release of Fukushima nuclear wastewater into the ocean, Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida ate an array of sashimi late in August; the raw fish ranged from flounder to sea bass caught in the Fukushima area. It is “safe and delicious,” he joyfully declared during a public relations effort to revitalize the fishing industry, which has been affected by a Chinese seafood ban and consumer anxieties over the wastewater release.

This article was written by  Maxime Polleri and originally published by The Bulletin Of The Atomic Scientists.

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