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 pile of tanks at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, storing treated radioactive water from the plant. Japan started releasing the treated water into the ocean on Aug. 24 amid lingering concerns among local fishermen and some neighboring countries about the environmental impact.

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