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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Kim Tong-Hyung

South Korea to send 21-member team to Japan to review discharge plans at Fukushima nuclear plant

ASSOCIATED PRESS

South Korea will send a 21-member team of government experts to Japan next week to visit the Fukushima nuclear power plant where they will review contentious Japanese plans to release treated but slightly radioactive water into the sea.

The six-day visit starting Sunday will focus on examining the plant’s processing system, which reduces radioactive materials from contaminated water, and whether the treated water would be safe enough to be diluted and discharged into the ocean, officials said Friday.

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