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Why Japan Should Stop Its Fukushima Nuclear Wastewater Ocean Release

On August 24, 2023, Japanese electric utility holding company Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) announced that it has started discharging so-called “treated” and “diluted” water from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean. This is not the end of controversy over the release of “treated water.” Rather, it may be the beginning of what might be a long-lasting struggle where science meets politics and lack of public trust, both inside and outside of Japan.

This article was written by Tatsujiro Suzuki and originally published by The Bulletin Of The Atomic Scientists.

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