Fukushima

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Activists are unhappy with Tokyo’s plan to release treated radioactive water from Fukushima nuclear plant into ocean.

Fukushima protesters

Tokyo has embarked on a multi-million dollar campaign to convince people it’s safe to release radioactive water.

Protesters at a rally against the Fukushima water release plan in South Korea. They are holding placards written in Korean. The woman in front is wearing a T-shirt reading 'NO' and beneath it 'Boycott Japan'

Seoul says proposal to release more than 1.3 million tonnes of radioactive water into the Pacific meets int’l standards.

Rafael Grossi visiting the Fukushima power plant. The ruined building is in the distance behind him. He is walking and accompanied by power plant officials.

The United Nations atomic watchdog is expected to give its approval to the plan, but controversy continues.

Tanks at the Fukushima Daiichi site holding treated but still radioactive water

Japanese regulators begin final safety inspection before treated Fukushima wastewater is released into sea.

South Korean fishermen stage a rally against the planned release of treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant, in front of the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, June 12, 2023.

Plan will see some 1 million tonnes of water used to cool the ruined plant’s reactors released into the Pacific.

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi visits the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma town, Fukushima prefecture, Japan in May, 2022

Fishing communities worry water will contaminate the seas despite promises it will be cleaned of radioactive substances.

South Korean fishing boats take part in a marine protest, part of nationwide protests to demand Japan withdraw its decision to release contaminated water from its crippled Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea, at the sea off Incheon, South Korea, April 30, 2021. The banners read 'Condemning Japan's decision to release Fukushima water into the sea'. [Reuters/Kim Hong-Ji

Seoul exploring ways to refer Japan’s Fukushima decision to the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea.

People rally to protest against the Japanese government's decision to discharge contaminated radioactive wastewater from Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the sea, in front of the Fukushima prefectural government headquarters in Fukushima, April 13, 2021 [Kyodo via Reuters]

Japan will release water from Fukushima into the sea, part of its plan to decommission the ruined power station.

storage tanks for treated water seen from the air at the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant

Government pledges to make water safe before release, but plan draws swift condemnation from China, South Korea.

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