Operators of Japan’s stricken Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant on Wednesday unveiled plans to construct an undersea tunnel to release more than 1 million tonnes of treated water from the site into the ocean.
Plans for the 1km tunnel were announced after the Japanese government decided in April to release the accumulated water in 2023.
Ministers have said that the release should be safe because the water is to be processed to remove almost all radioactive elements, then diluted.
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