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Japan has started releasing irradiated water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean
24 August 2023, 12:40
On Thursday, the Japanese authorities began releasing the water used to cool the reactors of the Fukushima-1 emergency nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean. "Kyodo" agency informs about this. The water tanks installed in Fukushima contain about 1.34 million tons of purified water.
The Fukushima-1 nuclear power plant accident occurred in 2011 due to the strongest earthquake in history.
