In this February 12, photo, a worker is seen at a water treatment facility at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. In this February 12, photo, the Unit 1 reactor building, damaged by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, is seen at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. Three lines of equipment connected to pipes snaking around in this dimly lit, sprawling facility can process up to 750 tons of contaminated water a day. Separately, even more dangerously contaminated water sits in underground areas and leaks continuously into groundwater outside the plant, experts say. But despite repeated official reassurances, there are widespread worries about eating fish that might be affected if the contaminated water is released into the sea.

Source: The Standard March 10, 2020 05:26 UTC