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Fukushima water release plan from Japan approved by UN

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Members of civic groups shout slogans during a rally to oppose the Japanese government's decision to release treated radioactive water into the sea from the Fukushima nuclear power plant, in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, July 5, 2023. The letters read "Abolish an IAEA report."

Twelve years after an earthquake and tsunami destroyed parts of the Fukushima nuclear power plant and contaminated water supplies, the United Nations has approved Japan’s much-anticipated waste disposal plan, which calls for the slow dumping of radioactive, treated water into ‘Ocean. The United Nations Atomic Energy Agency says the initiative, first announced in 2021, meets … Read more