Fishing Group Protests Radioactive Dump as Tokyo Sales Plummet
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A fishing industry group in northern Japan protested Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s decision to dump radioactive water into the sea in Fukushima, saying it may damage their fishery forever.
Tepco, as the utility is known, began releasing water yesterday off the coast near its Dai-Ichi plant. It plans to dump 11,500 tons (3 million gallons) containing about 100 times the regulatory limit of irradiated iodine in an area about 220 kilometers (135 miles) north of Tokyo. The government approved the measure so that Tepco can drain turbine buildings of water so radioactive it burned workers two weeks ago.