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Safety of Fukushima waste water focus of sea release debate

by Associated Press
| March 10, 2020 12:05 AM

OKUMA, Japan (AP) — Inside a giant decontamination facility at the destroyed Fukushima nuclear power plant, workers in hazmat suits monitor radioactive water pumped from three damaged reactors, making sure it's adequately — though not completely — treated.

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