Japs To Dump Over One Million Tons of Radioactive Fukushima Nuke Water Into Pacific Ocean in Plant Clean Up

Japan will dump more than a million tonnes of radioactive water from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea, Japanese media says.

The fate of the contaminated water has long been a matter of debate since the disastrous earthquake and tsunami of 2011, with environmentalists raising concerns and fishermen fearing that worried buyers will boycott seafood from the region.

Nonetheless, the government plans to go ahead with the disposal starting in 2022, several Japanese outlets reported today.

The process of filtering and releasing the water could take as long as 30 years, with clean-up efforts at the plant expected to continue until the 2040s or 2050s

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