BEIJING (Kyodo) -- China said Monday it found no abnormalities in seawater and marine life samples the country independently collected in late February near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant under the framework of the International Atomic Energy Agency.

The China Atomic Energy Authority said the analysis of samples at domestic laboratories showed the radioactive concentration of tritium, cesium-134, cesium-137 and strontium-90 in the samples was normal. Beijing examined the materials for the second time following its first analysis of data collected in October last year.

China imposed a blanket ban on Japanese seafood imports immediately after the discharge of treated radioactive water into the sea from the Fukushima plant began in August 2023, calling the released water "nuclear-contaminated."

The two Asian neighbors agreed in September 2024 that seafood imports from Japan will gradually resume, contingent on Beijing's participation in the monitoring activities.

The Chinese nuclear authority said Japan reaffirmed during a bilateral high-level economic dialogue held in Tokyo in March that it will accept long-term international monitoring and Beijing's independent sampling.

China will continue to work with the IAEA as well as the international community to urge Japan to earnestly fulfill its commitments and ensure that the ocean discharge of the treated water is under international supervision, the authority said.