US House Speaker Criticizes China’s ‘Falsities’ About Fukushima Discharge

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy criticized China for putting “falsities” about the release of treated radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) speaks to reporters after meeting with President Joe Biden to discuss the debt limit at the White House in Washington on May 22, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Sept. 7 criticized China’s “falsities” regarding Japan’s release of treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant.

Japan began its release of treated radioactive water from the Fukushima facility on Aug. 24 in a move strongly opposed by Beijing, which has imposed a blanket ban on all aquatic imports from Japan.