Anti-nuclear activists are demanding that Japan scrap its plan to release treated but still radioactive water from a damaged power plant into the sea.
scrap its plan to release treated but still radioactive water from a tsunami-damaged nuclear power plant into the sea, which may begin this summer.
The utility that operates the plant wrecked in the 2011 disaster has almost finished building the needed facilities to release the massive amounts of water, which has been speculated to begin sometime after June. The government and TEPCO say the tanks must be removed to make room for the plant’s decommissioning and to minimize the risk of leaks in case of another disaster.
Japanese officials say the water will be filtered to far below international releasable levels and further diluted by large amounts of seawater before release, making it harmless. However, some scientists say the impact of long-term, low-dose exposure to tritium and other radionuclides on theSeveral activists from South Korea joined Tuesday's rally.
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