Japan to release Fukushima nuclear-contaminated water into sea - reports

ReutersPublished: Oct 16, 2020 4:35 AM | Updated: Oct 16, 2020 6:11 AM

Japan's government has decided to release radioactive water from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea, with a formal announcement expected to be made within this month, Kyodo news agency and other media reported today.

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc has collected more than one million tonnes of contaminated water since the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant (photo, above) was crippled by an earthquake and tsunami in 2011...

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