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Japan to release treated Fukushima nuclear plant water into the sea: PM
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Japan to release treated Fukushima nuclear plant water into the sea: PM
AFP / Apr 13, 2021, 07:49 IST
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This February 13, 2021, aerial photo shows Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma town.
TOKYO: Japan s government on Tuesday approved a plan to release more than one million tonnes of treated water from the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant into the ocean, in a controversial decision that follows years of debate.
The release, which is not likely to begin for several years and could take decades to complete, has sparked concern in neighbouring countries and faces fierce opposition from local fishing communities and anti-nuclear activists.
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(Photo : Christopher Furlong/Getty Images) Workers of Fukushima Daiichi
OKUMA, JAPAN - FEBRUARY 25: A general view of radiation contaminated water tanks and the damaged reactors at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Five years on, the decontamination and decommissioning process at the Tokyo Electric Power Co. s embattled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant continues on February 25, 2016 in Okuma, Japan. March 11, 2016 marks the fifth anniversary of the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami which claimed the lives of 15,894, and the subsequent damage to the reactors at TEPCO s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant causing the nuclear disaster which still forces 99,750 people to live as evacuees away from contaminated areas.