Japan to release Fukushima water into sea in 2 yrs

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announced that his government has approved a plan to start releasing treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean.

It is likely that releasing more than one million tons of water will begin within two years, but the decision quickly aroused the ire of local fishermen in the region, in addition to Beijing and Seoul.

However, the Japanese government confirmed that the releasing is safe, because the water was treated after removing all the radioactive elements from it.

Suga said ocean release was the most realistic option and that disposing the water is unavoidable for the decommissioning of the Fukushima plant, which is expected to take decades. He also pledged the government would work to ensure the safety of the water and to prevent damaging rumors.