On Thursday (15th), the Tokyo Electric Power Company of Japan provided further clarification on the cause of the nuclear waste water leakage at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, stating that it was due to human error on Wednesday (7th). Last Wednesday, about 5.5 tons of radioactive contaminated water leaked from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant's water purification system. According to Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), the leak occurred on Thursday morning in the high-temperature incinerator building while the facility was cleaning and treating contaminated water from the reactor building with the "second cesium adsorption system" to reduce radiation levels in preparation for maintenance. The system is connected to the external wall's exhaust vent, through which the contaminated water leaked. According to TEPCO, two operators from collaborating companies failed to notice the open state of a valve and missed relevant reminder signs before starting t...
Discussion on Food Security and Other Issues at the Meeting between Agriculture Ministers of China and the United States
On Thursday morning (18th), the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China, Tang Renjian, co-chaired the 7th meeting of the China-US Agricultural Joint Commission (referred to as the Commission) with the US Secretary of Agriculture, Vilsack, in Washington, DC, USA. This meeting aimed to restart the cooperation mechanism between China and the US in agriculture, and reaffirmed the Commission as an important channel for regular exchanges between the two agricultural departments. Both sides committed to cherish, carefully maintain, and ensure the stable operation of this mechanism.
Both sides had a frank and in-depth exchange of views on climate-smart agriculture, food security, civil exchanges, and trade facilitation. Tang Renjian expressed that on the occasion of the 45th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States, the agricultural departments of the two countries have implemented the consensus reached by the heads of state in San Francisco, and restarted the suspended joint committee meeting in Washington after a 9-year hiatus. This is a significant milestone in the history of agricultural relations between China and the United States. He stated that China is willing to work with the United States to pragmatically promote new progress in agricultural cooperation and jointly stabilize expectations for food and agricultural development.
The United States welcomes and thanks Tang Renjian for his visit, highly appreciates China's stable growth in the food industry for multiple years, and expresses the US's value for cooperation with China in various agricultural fields. The US is willing to work with China through the Joint Commission mechanism, taking care of each other's concerns and responding to each other's activities, in order to create a healthy atmosphere for the development of US-China agricultural relations.
During his time in the United States, Tang Renjian also met with the Chief Agricultural Negotiator for the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Macallip. The Chinese Ambassador to the United States, Xie Feng, and the Deputy Secretary of Agriculture for the United States, Taylor, were also present at the meeting and related activities.
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