Japan begins pumping Fukushima nuclear plant water into sea
By DW
26 August 2023 |
3:59 pm
Japan has begun to pump more than a million metric tons of treated water from the destroyed Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The process is expected to take decades to complete.
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