It is not too late for Japan to change course on Fukushima water

TEPCO's track record provides little reason for confidence in 30-year release plan

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Tanks of treated water at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant: TEPCO highlights the presence of tritium in the water but the presence of other radionuclides is of more significance. © Kyodo

Ferenc Dalnoki-Veress is an adjunct professor at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies in Monterey, California and scientist-in-residence at its James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies. He is a member of the panel of independent experts advising the Pacific Islands Forum on Fukushima-related issues. He is also the co-author of "Nuclear Choices for the Twenty-First Century: A Citizen's Guide."

The island nations of the Pacific and Japan have both borne witness to the terrifying effects of nuclear weapons.

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