Nuclear accident

Japan to dump Fukushima water into the sea

Water tanks at the Fukushima power plant, in a picture taken last year.
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The operator of the ruined Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant will have to dump huge quantities of contaminated water from the site directly into the Pacific Ocean, Japan’s environment minister has said – a move that enrages local fishermen, environmentalists and neighboring countries.

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