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Following a cabinet meeting, the Japanese government says it has decided to release 1.25 million tons of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the Pacific Ocean over the course of 30 years, after concluding there will be no negative impact on human health or the environment. The decision is opposed by Russia, China, Taiwan, South Korea, North Korea and the Philippines, while being supported by the United States.

Japan decides to release water from Fukushima nuclear plant into sea

Sources:  BBC News  Kyodo News  Reuters

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  1. Following a cabinet meeting, the Japanese government says that it has decided to release 1.25 million tons of treated radioactive water from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the Pacific Ocean over the course of 30 years, after concluding that there will be no negative impact on either human health or the environment.
  2. Following a cabinet meeting, the Japanese government says it has decided to release 1.25 million tons of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the Pacific Ocean over the course of 30 years, after concluding there will be no negative impact on human health or the environment. The decision is opposed by Russia, China, Taiwan, South Korea, North Korea and the Philippines, while being supported by the United States.

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