Japan started putting nuclear-contaminated water(核污染水)into the ocean on August 24. History will never forget this day.
A tsunami(海啸)hit the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant(福岛第一核电站)in Japan in 2011. It broke the nuclear reactors(核反应堆), so the reactors became very hot. Since then, workers have been using a lot of water to keep them cool. The water touches the reactors, so it has a lot of radioactive materials(放射性物质)
Nuclear wastewater(核废水)is different. It's the waste from a normal power plant. The rules on whether or not the wastewater can be put into the ocean are clear. So processed(处理过的)nuclear wastewater is often seen as safe. But nuclear-contaminated water is not.
Japan tries to mix the idea of the two kinds of water. The country says that the contaminated water goes through a special purifying process(过滤程序), and that it doesn't hurt people's health. However, the water has more than 60 kinds of radioactive materials. Many of them are still umprocessed.
"The materials will in the end hurt people's health, Japan let loose(释放，放任)them. "Wang You, a Chinese ocean scientist, told CCTV News.
China started to stop buying seafood from Japan on August 24. Restaurants must not buy or use such seafood. As of August 28, both Russia and Thailand said that they were testing the seafood from Japan.
