Japan begins releasing treated Fukushima water into sea

Japan begins releasing treated Fukushima water into sea

Photo taken on Aug. 22, 2023, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a fishing port (front) in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, and the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant (back). Japan started releasing treated radioactive water from the plant into the ocean on Aug. 24 amid lingering concerns among local fishermen and some neighboring countries about the environmental impact.

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