Japan to release treated Fukushima water this year

By Agence France-Presse

Jan 14, 2023 12:27 am

TOKYO: Japan plans to start releasing more than a million tons of treated water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean this year, a top government spokesman said Friday.

The plan has been endorsed by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), but the government will wait for 'a comprehensive report' by the UN watchdog before the release, chief cabinet secretary Hirokazu Matsuno told reporters.

DEADLY LIQUID This file picture, taken on March 5, 2022, shows an employee conducting a tritium measurement on a sample of contaminated water at the Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima prefecture. Japan plans to start releasing more than a million tons of treated water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean this year, a top government spokesman said on Friday, Jan. 13, 2023. AFP PHOTO

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