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Japan Plans to Dump Fukushima Water Into the Ocean

Just last month, authorities confirmed the water from the 2011 nuclear disaster still has radioactive material in it.

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By Tracy Connor

Japan’s government is proposing the release of water from the Fukushima nuclear-plant disaster—which is more radioactive than was acknowledged for years—into the Pacific Ocean. The move would be ruinous for local fishermen—and many worry it could pose a threat to human health. Last month, authorities confirmed that more than three-fourths of the water stored after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami had not been treated thoroughly enough to remove all but one low-risk radioactive material. According to The New York Times, the water will be treated again before it’s released into the ocean or allowed to evaporate.

Read it at The New York Times

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