IAEA Says Plan to Discharge Fukushima Wastewater Is Safe
- Agency report enables Japan to decide on next steps: Grossi
- Proposal to deal with waste draws further criticism from China
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Japan’s plan to release treated wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear disaster site is in line with global safety standards, the International Atomic Energy Agency said after completing a two-year review.
The agency found the proposals for “controlled, gradual discharges of the treated water” into the Pacific Ocean “would have a negligible radiological impact on people and the environment,” Director General Rafael Grossi said in a foreword to a report handed Tuesday to Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.