JAPAN DECIDES TO DUMP FUKUSHIMA WATER INTO THE OCEAN

Dumping 1.2m tonnes of Fukushima nuclear plant water into the ocean ‘unavoidable issue’.

The Japanese Government decided on Tuesday to release 1.2 million tonnes of treated radioactive water from the No. 1 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station, the epicentre of the 2011 Fukushima disaster, into the ocean.

The decision was made at a meeting of Japanese ministers, as the government of Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga aims to speed up the decommissioning of the Tokyo Electric Power Company plant in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan.

Suga said at the meeting: “Disposal of ALPS treated water is an unavoidable issue in order to proceed with the decommissioning of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant and achieve the reconstruction of Fukushima.” link - more like this - link