Prime Minister Fumio Kishida gave the final go-ahead at a meeting of Cabinet ministers involved in the plan on Tuesday.
Japan is to start releasing treated and diluted radioactive wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean as early as Thursday
Environmental campaigners at a rally to denounce the Japanese government’s decision to release treated radioactive water from the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea A massive earthquake and tsunami destroyed the Fukushima Daiichi plant’s cooling systems on March 11 2011, causing three of its reactors to melt and contaminating their cooling water.
The government and Tepco say the water must be removed to make room for the plant’s decommissioning and to prevent accidental leaks from the tanks. Tepco plans to release 7,800 tons of treated water in the 17-day first round of the release, Mr Matsumoto said. After taking into account possible bioconcentration of low-dose radionuclides that still remain in the water, the environmental and health impact is still negligible, Tepco officials said.
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