MOSCOW (Bernama): The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi power plant, which in 2011 experienced the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl, has no choice but to discharge a massive amount of radioactive waste into the sea since it currently has no technology for treating the contaminated water and no adequate space to store it any longer, Sputnik news agency quoted Japanese Environment Minister Yoshiaki Harada as saying Tuesday (Sept 10).
"We have no way but to release it (into the sea) and dilute it, ” Harada said at a press briefing, as quoted by the Jiji Press.
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