IAEA gives Japan approval to release Fukushima water into Pacific

Release plan poised to go ahead despite South Korea, China, Pacific island opposition

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Water storage tanks at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on March 4. (Photo by Mizuho Miyazaki)

SAYUMI TAKE and STEVEN BOROWIEC, Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO/SEOUL -- The International Atomic Energy Agency on Tuesday gave the green light to a plan by Japan to release treated water from the disaster-struck Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, marking a key step toward the release of the water despite outcry from Asian neighbors.

IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi held a news conference in Tokyo to announce the release of a report, conducted over two years, on Japan's plans to release the water, treated by an advanced liquid processing system (ALPS), into the Pacific Ocean starting this summer.

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