Japan to Start Fukushima Water Release as Early as Late Aug -Media

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan plans to start out releasing handled radioactive water from the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear energy plant into the ocean as early as late August, Japan’s Asahi Shimbun day by day reported on Monday, citing unnamed authorities sources.

The discharge will doubtless come shortly after Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets with U.S. President Joe Biden and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol in the US subsequent week and clarify to them in regards to the security of the water in query, it stated.

(Reporting by Kiyoshi Takenaka; enhancing by Diane Craft)

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