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March 16, 2023

What's happening at Japan's Fukushima plant 12 years after meltdown caused by tsunami?

  • Japan will soon release a massive amount of treated radioactive wastewater into the sea.
    • By MARI YAMAGUCHI
    Associated Press

    AP Photo/Mari Yamaguchi [enlarge]
    About 1,000 huge tanks hold treated but still radioactive wastewater at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. They are 96% full.

    OKUMA, Japan — Twelve years after the triple reactor meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, Japan is preparing to release a massive amount of treated radioactive wastewater into the sea.


     
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