2021.04.19 09:56 GMT+8

Radioactive isotopes in Japanese nuclear wastewater at crux of controversy

Updated 2021.04.19 09:56 GMT+8
CGTN

Japan has announced its decision to release huge amounts of treated but still radioactive wastewater from Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant into the sea. The plant has claimed of running short of space for building tanks to store the daily increasing contaminated water. Why is the plan controversial? The answers lie in the presence of radioactive isotopes in the nuclear wastewater.

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