South Korea has said it believes Japan’s plan to release treated water from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear power plant will meet international standards days after a United Nations atomic agency review of the controversial proposal found it was safe.
Seoul said its own assessments – based on an inspection of the plant in late May, its own data and UN nuclear watchdog IAEA’s review – suggested the release of more than 1.3 million tonnes of radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean would be safe if it were carried out as detailed in the proposal.
