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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Mari Yamaguchi

IAEA chief will visit Japan's tsunami-wrecked nuclear plant before radioactive water is released

ASSOCIATED PRESS

The U.N. nuclear chief is to visit Japan's tsunami-wrecked nuclear power plant Wednesday after the agency affirmed the safety of a contentious plan to release treated radioactive water into the sea.

On his way to the Fukushima Daiichi plant, a highlight of his four-day Japan visit, International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Mariano Grossi will join government and utility officials to hear the concerns of mayors and fishing association leaders and to assure them of the plan's safety.

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