The head of the UN's nuclear watchdog met with Fukushima residents and representatives Wednesday, seeking to reassure them about the planned release of treated wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear plant. ManilaBulletin
The planned, decades-long discharge of accumulated water from the devastated nuclear facility has been approved by the International Atomic Energy Agency as meeting global standards.
Some 1.33 million cubic meters of groundwater, rainwater and water used for cooling has accumulated at the Fukushima site, which is being decommissioned after several reactors went into meltdown following the 2011 tsunami which badly damaged the plant. Grossi said the IAEA was not involved in the process to "give cover... to decorate something that is bad."
Still, there is palpable anger among some local residents who fear the reputational damage of the release. "I beg you to realize... that this project of the release of ALPS-processed water is moving ahead in the face of opposition."
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