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Japan Fishers Oppose 'Catastrophic' Release Of Fukushima Water To Ocean [1]

"TOKYO - Japanese fish industry representatives on Thursday urged the government not to allow the release at sea of tonnes of contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant, saying it would undo years of work to restore their reputation.

Tokyo Electric has collected more than a million tonnes of contaminated water since the plant was crippled by an earthquake and tsunami in 2011.

The water is stored in huge tanks that crowd the site and it says it will run out of storage room by 2022."

Reuters had the story October 8, 2020. [2]

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Source: Reuters [2], 10/08/2020
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/japan-fishers-oppose-catastrophic-release-fukushima-water-ocean [2] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-disaster-water-fishermen/japan-fishermen-oppose-catastrophic-release-of-fukushima-water-to-ocean-idUSKBN26T1WP [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/consumer [4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/disaster [5] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health [6] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/fisheries [7] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/nuclear-power/radiation [8] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution [9] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water [10] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/asia [11] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81