pacific ocean. translator: offshore discharge of alps treated water is an issue that can t be postponed in order to advance the decommissioning of the plant. reporter: and iaea backs the plan to slowly feed the water into the sea but not all the dangerous elements can be removed. a level of eyeisotope will rema in the water. tritium is present there in a very, very locon sew concentratd it will be diluted even further to a point where it would be negl negligible. reporter: the concentration of tritium released is to come under the regulatory limits, but such assurances are not enough to assuage the fears of many in japan and around the region.