Japan to release treated Fukushima water into the sea
The water could be released as early as 2022, much to the disapproval of neighboring countries and environmentalists. A team of experts said all but one radioactive isotopes have been removed from the water.
The Japanese government plans to release treated water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the sea, according to reports published Friday.
The decision ends years of speculation over what to do with the more than one million tons of water that were treated after the power plant was severely damaged and suffered a meltdown due to the massive earthquake and ensuing tsunami in 2011.