Fukushima water release must be judged on scientific evidence

Concentrations of radiation in the Pacific will not rise significantly

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A view of Fukushima Daiichi plant from the town of Namie: Treated waste water is expected to be discharged into the ocean this summer. (Photo by Yuki Kohara) 

Hiroshi Tauchi is a professor of radiation biology and vice dean of the Faculty of Science at Ibaraki University in Mito, Japan. He was a member of a committee that advised the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry on the handling of treated Fukushima water.

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