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In the application you can consult, from September 1, Nuclear radiation data from various cities in Asia and Europeto which more places will be added in the future, according to the technical director of the service, Ruan Qingyuan, quoted by the local newspaper globalnews.
Ruan stated that now the service mainly provides “radiation absorbed dose from different places and the discharge progress in Fukushima”, adding that the data is collected “from the official publishing platforms of different countries”.
The director of the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs -the developer of Blue Map App-, Ma Jun, asked the Japanese government “to guarantee the complete, timely and exhaustive publication of the data of the spill process” and “accept the supervision of the community international”.
Ma, quoted by the newspaper, accused Tokyo of “opening Pandora’s box” and assured that the data can “help alleviate citizens’ concerns.”
China has repeatedly protested in recent weeks against the spill, which it has described as “irresponsible”.
Recently, Beijing announced the suspension of the import of all aquatic products from Japan to “prevent the risk of radioactive contamination”, while Tokyo defends “transparency” in the discharge.
The Japanese Minister of Consumption, Taro Kono, recently charged against Beijing considering that its restrictions are “a political and not a scientific measure”, while the head of Agriculture, Tetsuro Nomura, described them as “regrettable” and “contrary to the international movement.”
In 2021, the Japanese Executive decided, as part of the dismantling of the damaged plant, to resort to controlled discharge into the sea as a way to get rid of the contaminated liquid that accumulates in the facilities of the Fukushima power plant, where space is running out for the large tanks that store it.
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