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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Experts to visit Fukushima plant to check water release plan

Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved

A team of experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency will visit Japan s wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant next week to review plans to begin releasing more than a million tons of treated radioactive water into the sea, a mission the government hopes will assure people of the plans' safety.

The team of about 15 experts will meet with government and utility officials during their Feb. 14-18 mission, which includes a visit to the Fukushima Daiichi plant, industry ministry officials said Monday.

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