Gov't, fishermen meet over Fukushima plant groundwater

Gov't, fishermen meet over Fukushima plant groundwater

SOMA, Japan - Tetsu Nozaki (2nd from L), head of the Fukushima Prefectural Federation of Fisheries Co-operative Associations, conveys the association's stance to Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (R) regarding the planned dumping in the sea of groundwater from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex during a meeting in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, in northeastern Japan, on March 30, 2014. Motegi told the local fishermen the groundwater will not be released until the season for catching young sand lance in a test run is over at the end of April.

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