that swept through the east coast, killing more than 18,000 people. and causing this a nuclear meltdown. this is the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant now, surrounded by tanks filled with radioactive waste water. this is what more than a million tonnes of water looks like. think 500 0lympic sized pools and that s what you get in over 1,000 tanks. this is water that s been used to cool the destroyed reactors from the fukushima nuclear meltdown in 2011. the water is treated and then stored here, but now these tanks are running out of space. japan has just been given the go ahead to release the treated contaminated water into the sea. but it s causing a huge amount of anger and anxiety, notjust here, but around the region. tepco, the company running the plant, says the water will be treated, diluted and tested for safety before it s discharged.
fishing has been in toru takahashi s family for generations. his son and his grandson now run his boat. he worries about the uncertainty discharging the waste water would bring long. translation: before we were able to fish across four other prefectures. now we re not allowed to do that. they just don t want to be associated with us. the prices were recovering little by little, but now they could drop drastically. i ve had so many conversations with the japanese government and tepco. nobody wants to release this dangerous water. if it s so safe, i told them, just take it to tokyo. the government may have all the technical approvals it needs, but it doesn t have the support of those who ll be most affected by this plan. the people of fukushima will once again have to navigate their way through its troubled waters. shaimaa khalil, bbc news, fukushima. the leaders of sudan s seven neighbouring countries have
to buy their fish. now they say the reputational damage from the water release plan will be another huge blow. fishing has been in toru takahashi s family for generations. his son and his grandson now run his boat. he worries about the uncertainty discharging the waste water would bring long. translation: before, we were able to fish i across four other prefectures. now we re not allowed to do that. they just don t want to be associated with us. the prices were recovering, little by little, but now they could drop drastically. i ve had so many conversations with the japanese government and tepco. nobody wants to release this dangerous water. if it s so safe, i told them, just take it to tokyo. the government may have all the technical approvals it needs, but it doesn t have the support of those who ll be most affected by this plan. the people of fukushima will once again have to navigate their way through its troubled waters. shaimaa khalil,
surrounded by tanks filled with radioactive waste water. this is what more than a million tonnes of water looks like. think 500 0lympic sized pools and that s what you get in over 1,000 tanks. this is water that s been used to cool the destroyed reactors from the fukushima nuclear meltdown in 2011. the water is treated and then stored here, but now these tanks are running out of space. japan has just been given the go ahead to release the treated contaminated water into the sea. but it s causing a huge amount of anger and anxiety, notjust here, but around the region. tepco, the company running the plant, says the water will be treated, diluted and tested for safety before it s discharged. here at the advanced liquid processing system, all radioactive compounds will be removed except one tritium, so the water won t be completely radiation free. tritium, tepco says, will be well below international safety standards of concentration.
tepco, the company running the plant, says the water will be treated, diluted and tested for safety before it s discharged. here at the advanced liquid processing system, all radioactive compounds will be removed, except one, tritium, so the water won t be completely radiation free. tritium, tepco says, will be well below international safety standards of concentration. as part of the testing process, this fish is swimming in water at the same radiation level as that which will be released. translation: i am a radiation expert, so i know that tritium l has very little effect on the human body and living organisms. we are all concerned about the same thing, radiation. and that is why we are so anxious. i hope that these data and images will help to reassure people a little. but fukushima fishermen are not reassured. they re furious. for years, they ve struggled to fight the stigma, and convince people