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Japan's industry minister visits crippled Fukushima plant amid controversial plan to dump radioactive wastewater into sea-
The Fukushima prefectural government and the municipal governments of the towns of Futaba and Okuma, which host the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, have given their consent for the construction of facilities for the planned discharge of treated water from the damaged plant into the sea.
Construction of facilities to discharge treated water from the crippled nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture into the sea will commence Thursday, according to the plant operator, even as opposition at home and abroad remains. Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. said at a press conference Wednesday it still aims…
OKUMA, Fukushima Prefecture--An evacuation order was lifted on June 30 for part of the
Tokyo, Jun 30 (EFE).- The residents of a part of the town of Okuma returned permanently to their homes Thursday, becoming the second “difficult-to-return-zone” in which Japan lifts the evacuation order after the nuclear accident at the Fukushima plant. Okuma, one of the two municipalities that host the troubled Fukushima plant, along with Futaba, was …