Japan starts 7th ocean discharge of Fukushima nuclear-tainted wastewater


This picture taken on Sept 1, 2023 shows Japanese sake master Daisuke Suzuki walking at Ukedo fishing port, where his former brewery was located nearby in Namie, Fukushima prefecture. - Photo: AFP file

TOKYO: Japan on Friday (June 28) started the seventh round of release of nuclear-contaminated wastewater from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the Pacific Ocean.

Despite furious opposition both at home and abroad, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), the plant's operator, started releasing the radioactive wastewater in the morning, the third round in fiscal 2024.

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